new book, great new book called multitudes of the microbe i am and those of the panel and here is carl zimmer, science writer for "the new york times" and author of many books including the recently a planet of viruses. i'm the author of a book called pandemics which is about how microbes cause pandemics in the past and in the future and all of these books are going to be for sale by barnes and noble and we will be signing them after the session at the signing table h., so hope you can come join us for more discussion. first, before we l start, i'd le to ask if anyone here actually a microbiologist? we can't make anything up. [laughter] i think it is an interesting thing to talk about microbiolo microbiology. we thought about the microbes mostly as the malevolent intruders that have to target the position with military might. they were the ones that would grow in a dish in a lab and those were often the onesis that were responsible for fairly dramatic diseases like tuberculosis etc.. but now we know from genetic sequencing and others is that microbes are everywhere. of course they've been her

then a discussion about viruses from the 2016 brooklyn festival featuring carl zimmer and eddie young and later john berry describes in 1918 flu pin to make which killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. enjoy book tv now and also watch over the weekend on c-span2. >> i am pleased to be with you to talk to about the new book that you put out, tight rope. in particular because it is taking a look at a small town in oregon, a town that you come from, nick and i come from a small rural town in oregon and i just ponder how in your professional career, you're traveling the world and living in a different environment completely but you have reported on world affairs from all kinds of different reactions and some of the worst tragedies in the planet but you chose to focus on a small town in oregon, why? >> we were running around and covering mandatory crises and we would go back to my beloved hometown where my mom is still on the family farm and we saw humanitarian crisis unfolding there. a quarter of the kids who were on my old number six school bus were on drugs and alcohol and suic

here is carl zimmer, science writer for "the new york times" and author of many books including, most recently, "a planet of viruses" bid i'm an author of the book called pandemic which is about how microbes cause pandemics and all these books will be for sale by barnes & noble and will be signing them after this session and signing table eight. i hope you guys can come join us for more discussion there too. first before we start i'd like to ask is anyone here actually a microbiologist? okay, we have four. so, we can't make anything up. [laughter] correct us if we get anything wrong but i will just -- we never get anything wrong. it's a really interesting time to talk about microbiology because it's been a paradigm shift in recent years. if you think that since the late 19th century we thought about microbes mostly as the malevolent intruders who we sort of have to target with a surgical precision with military might and i call that approach microbial xena phobia and it made sense back then in the beginning because of course, the first microbe we could ask to detect worthy ones that w

and carl zimmer a a science wrr for the "new york times" and author of many books including most recently "a planet of viruses." i'm sonia shah, and author of a book called "pandemic" which is about how microbes cause epidemics in the past and future in all these books will be for sale by barnes & noble and will be signed aftery this session at signing table h. of you guys can, joint us for more discussion there, too. first before we start i'd like to ask if anyone here actually is aua microbiologist? we have four. we can make anything up. [laughing] you guys correct us if you see nothing a wrong. i think it's a really interesting time to talk about microbiology because of there's been a paradigm shift in recent years. if you think back since the late 19th century at least, we have thought about microbes mostly as the malevolent intruders who we sort of have to target with surgical precision with military might. i kind of call that approach microbial xenophobia. and it made sense back then in the beginning because the first microbes we can actually detect were the ones that would grow in

the discussion about viruses from the 2016 brooklyn book festival featuring carl zimmer and ed young. later, john berry describes the 1918 flu pandemic that killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. enjoy book tv now and over the weekendd on c-span2. >> hello, everyone. can you hear me okay? okay, i'm trying not to be in the view but by the end of this we will be behind the curtain. welcome to kate dawson's book events. my name isto becca oliver and im the director of the writers of texas and we are the largest literary arts organization in texas and we support writers and one of the things we love to dor is have the opportunity to talk to published authors about ther most recent book but also to dig in a little more than i think we get to as often as we would like to add book events which has a craft talk. talk more aboutut what craft wet into creating the book and especially for the book we're talking about today, "american sherlock", there are so many interesting things that kate can share that would be applicable to any writer that happens to be here. who here is a writer? w

the discussion about viruses from the 2016 brooklyn book festival featuring carl zimmer and ed young.later, john berry describes the 1918 flu pandemic that killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. enjoy book tv now and over

then a discussion about viruses from the 2016 brooklyn festival featuring carl zimmer and eddie young and later john berry describes in 1918 flu pin to make which killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. enjoy book tv now and also watch over the weekend on c-span2. >> i am pleased to be with you to talk to about the new book that you put out, tight rope. in particular because it is taking a look at a small town in oregon, a town that you come

a discussion of viruses from the 2016 book festival, featuring carl zimmer and ed young. later, john barry describes the flu pandemic that killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> it is my honor to join a mentor, a guide, a goal model and one of our society's truest leaders, dr. hrabowski. what is the empowered university? >> the notion is this, our universities should be look at universities and be honored with self. we talk about our leadership and our society that institutions that are healthy and secure should be willing to recognize whatever is going well, because knowledge of course, but also to be willing to say, but we've got a way to go. so it's empowered to be honest with self and the subtitle which is shared leadership, culture change and academic success, starts with the notion that it's not about the one person. it's not just about the university president, it's about all of us working together with the vision of educating students and that's the notion of empowerment. >> and i found the subtitle re

a discussion of viruses from the 2016 book festival, featuring carl zimmer and ed young. later, john barry describes the flu pandemic that killed as many as 100 million people worldwide. enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> it is my honor to join a mentor, a guide, a goal model and one of our society's truest leaders, dr.