caltech, stanford university, and three of our public universities, not least of which the university is a stone's throw away. uc-berkeley campus. we're proud of the state but we also recognize we have challenges and we need to lean into the world we're living in. this today is an example of leading in and i am grateful to all of you for your participation. and vice minister, we are honored to have you out here in our state in this wonderful city and we look forward to many visits over many years. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, lieutenant governor. of course, the best for last. the hon. vice minister of commerce to the podium, please. [applause] >> lt. governor newsom, mayor lee, counsel general, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. it is a great pleasure for me to be here to attend this seminar, " organized -- let me give a special thanks to the previous speakers who gave very warm and remarkable remarks. i would like to give special thanks to the state government of california and the municipal government of san francisco. i think without your help, this forum for the

. >>> seismologists at caltech monitor a swarm of 200 earthquakes that rattled rural areas of imperial and san diego counties this morning the shaking not over. >>> with that magnitude 5.5 and 200 and events that is characteristic of how earthquakes happen in this region >>> is started at 830 this morning with a couple magnitude to quakes rattled an area northwest of brawley sizable 5.3 quakes rocked the area later and pictures taken by superior furniture show broken windows on main street. at cal tech an earthquake warning system continues to go off warning of rebels from the quake's residence in orange county and palm springs reported shaking seismologists say the desert area near the solvency known for being rattled by small to moderate earthquakes. one of the most pressing questions in the southland how much all this affect the san andreas fault. >>> it is relatively far away it does run between we seen many of the swarms but it never been followed by activity on the san andreas >>> 20 mobile homes were knocked off their foundation 2300 people without power the earthquake storm cou

british isles, a caltech music. i learned all the paul simon songs. as i got older -- >> he is a hell of a guitarist. people do not realize. he is not flashy, but if you try to learn his tunes, they are really hard. >> he is a brilliant guitar player. i eventually got interested in jazz, world music, everything. maybe that is one of the reasons. i enjoyed so many kinds of music, i did not have a preference. i did not want to be anything in particular. i just wanted to play guitar and get that sound that i was hearing in my head. >> is there a particular song of yours that you can trace back to and influence, sound that you were trying to get that you heard somebody else use and you wanted to use it? >> i will play you a few bars from a piece that i wrote in the 1970's, very much influenced by the british isles style. this one is called "inverness." ♪ >> i am cutting it short, but, to me, that is the quintessential british isles style. >> although, in your hand, it is more harmonically complex. >> it could be. >> one of the things i was trying to do --

a lot of time writing about was this guy john pierce effaces career here is stanford and work to caltechnd i went through his papers. then i came across something he had written a few years before he died. he was considering writing a book about bell labs. he tried to take apart what made it work. he had a sort of forepart formula. one of those was that a researcher who is pursuing something, the research should be terminated without damning the researcher. there should be no consequences for failure. but, again, that is probably, you know, there are specific failures in that system of failures which the picturephone more closely represented. there was enough money that the consequences were not ever going to be dire. >> love me ask you one more thing about the problem of discovery. it was starting to some of your questions as well. you're right early in the book about eureka moments. as just want to read this one passage because it seems so applicable to what happened a bell labs. we usually imagine that the invention occurs in a flash with your rick a moment at least to a lone inventor

and caltech, and some of them were demoted effectively.here is a quote in their that, you know, there were people crying in offices. it was a revolution dry as they call that. >> the purpose of this was not so much to build something has to understand it. it was like we have to get this done tomorrow. they believe the device would be found because back to the philosophy shared an office with a gun in plan davison. in the early days, they shared office. there were really the original odd couple. this robust best moving it might have had adb, i don't know, but clinton davis, slow-moving fanatic. he weighed about 110 pounds, always sick. he would go home and said in a stocking cap and write equations yet kelly developed this kind of all and realize that when nobody else knew the answer to a problem and especially one involving the science of what was going on with the problematic device the wicked interest, but davidson could. in importing not just advice on how to fix something, but a deeper understanding. they could not just to tauruses goo

as predicted by a prototype early warning system at caltech's seismological lab, just about all of the shakers were relatively minor with a magnitude 3.0 range with a few just over 5.0. >> we were doing pretty well at estimating the magnitude of the earthquakes. >> reporter: say the words earthquake and california in the same sentence and the locals start worrying about how much they might lose. >> i was literally watching it and the pieces of the wall were falling. >> reporter: while the rest of they a ware of the computer models and movie versions of the history befalls to the obvious question. does this suggest any connection at all to the big one? >> and the answer is no. this earthquake is just happening too far south from the san andreas. we've seen many such swarms in rawley over the last century, never followed by something on the san andreas. >> reporter: on an average california day, there are around 50 barely noticeable earthquakes statewide, but 400 in one day, in one spot -- >> i don't like this. >> reporter: -- were duly noticed. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >>> as

the roman re-enactment in arkansas built a 26,000 replica of almost two and four watchtowers and caltech house on the hill. mind-blowing pro they took the scenario very seriously. there was not dialogue but i had no idea what was going on. not a clue. people were speaking half latin in southern accent's. [laughter] i cannot understand that latin standard american accent. they had clearly devised a the scenario list fell to heavily scripted with moments julius ipad killed the celts. one very funny moment i was by a 10 to. fixing a shoelace. i was by myself. a roman came up and said i have killed him and here is his clothing. i thought there is nobody round. [laughter] they don't know i am in here. script did but i doan know if they rehearsed that but i am an actor. i do it for an audience. said that was the objective. in and then he read the book and contacted me. three hour facebook friends. he said i killed him. i said yes you did. [laughter] >> can you talk about the interpersonal politics? >> this is a roman by the way and a professor. a lot of the group's have differing opinions. nob

he joined when he was a graduate student in caltech. he joined the rank-and-file of the party literally so-called card-carrying communist and have a party identification name, false name f paulson. jackie his wife had been a student at berkeley remember the communist link when she was here when they moved to pasadena and frank was working on his doctorate she was working for the west coast version of people's daily. next slide, please. a french literature professor year at berkeley we know now from documents that have surfaced fairly recently the include the unpublished memoir of haakon chevalier that in 1927, 1938 robert and probably six other individuals caught haakon would name a joy in it and formed a secret underground unit of the so-called professional section of the party. it was an espionage section it was a discussion group and that is the way robert always described it in fact it was as haakon would say in his memoir something more than at that it was affiliated directly with the party and membership in its ranks was secrets.

no one could ever understand why wines you and people at caltech in places like that. all those guys wanted to do is bring me a copy and be my aid. they wanted to go out and get something done. and they were very talented, but the leadership level with about zero and had a long way to go. so that has been a wonderful factor and it's just been wonderful to see all the great things they've done and they made the company successful. they all have stock in the company. they are successfully financially and on and on and it was just a perfect example of the impact military experience can have in your life and if you finish your career, even 30 years or however long you stay, you are a very special, unique person in terms of how to get that done and keep them all excited. >> thank you, mr. chairman. an expression for years you have a gigantic family. five hits in the 16 grandkids faster. what would she say is your legacy message you would like to leave them, sir? >> well, i want all of them to be honest, tough, smart, learn leadership, take responsibility for other people, h

and john of caltech the project scientist of the mission. >> good morning everyone. welcome to mars, welcome back to march if he were here last night. the surface mission of curiosity has begun. for a long time, those of us on the project knew we had to go through some big events. but we built this rover not just to land on mars but to actually try weimar's and execute a beautiful science mission. we have ended one phase of the mission and to be a joy a lot of folks on our team. another part has just begun. it is really the fundamental reason we built a rover. we are just starting admission. we are not ending it. two hours after landing. just before 1:00 a.m., curiosity called us from mars odyssey. mars odyssey was overhead. it comes around two hours later. mars has rotated. it was still over the horizon. we were able to have a short talk with curiosity. she told us she is in service nominal mode. she quickly transitioned to surface and nominal mode. not in safe mode. she is otherwise very healthy. we have some images that we will show and they little bit. we are a g

and special you are and no one could never understand why i wanted you've than people at mit and caltech and places like that. all they wanted to do is bring me a copy of it if they didn't want to go out. they were talented of the leadership level was about zero and we have a long way to go. so, it is a wonderful factor it's been wonderful to see the great things they have done and they've made the company's successful and have stock in the company. they are successful financially and on and on and was just a perfect example of the impact military experience can have on your life after you finish your career even if you stay 40 years or however long you stay, you are really a very special, unique person in terms of how to get that and how to lead the team and keep them excited and climbing. >> thank you, sir. the next question for you is you have a gigantic family. five kids, 16 grand kids growing faster. we wonder what would you say is your legacy message that you would like to leave for them, circa? >> i don't know to be honest. tough, smart colored leadership, take responsibility for

military and how unique and special you are and nobody could understand why i wanted am i tea or caltech or places like that. all those guys wanted to do was bring the copy. they didn't want to get something done. very talented but their leadership level is zero. and a long way to go. that has been a wonderful factor. wonderful to see all the great things they have done and made the country successful and all had stock in the company and very successful financially and on and on and on. just a perfect example of the impact of military experience can have on your life after you finish your career even if you stay 30 years or however long you stay you are a very special person in terms of how to get things done and keep them excited and keep them proud. >> thank you. my next question, you have a gigantic family. five kids and 16 grand kids. we are wondering what would you say is your legacy message you would like to leave to them? >> i want them to be honest, tough, smart, take responsibility for other people and keep themselves physically strong and mentally alert and freight -- i could b