. >> it is possible thanks to the vets at cornell university. fawn started off life pretty rough. let me tell you what fawn looked like before she started getting treated by the vets at cornell university. >> she's walking. you sue how her knees are bent. this poor thing, when she was born fell on hard concrete hit her head and one of her legs. the farmer thought she's not going to make. jennifer wanted a pet cow. took her in raised her in her house. taken to the woodstock sanctuary farm. vet said we think we can do something for her. so they were able to give her surgery. she got plaster casts. then graduated, after she got out of the casts, she was in these new braces that you see right here. >> it's very cool of these people that did this there they say she will never walk normally but this will give her a better chance at a better quality of life. there's a sip on the wall that says donations. they say it cost a lot of money to get these surgeries and braces for her. >> so many great things about this story. >> run, fawn run. >> be careful. >>> in the uk in europe we love our

on american history tv, cornell university history professor fred logevall talks about how policymakers use and misuse the past. he cites a number of analogies and how they have been used by contemporary policymakers including neville chamberlain's pre-world war ii appeasement policies and the vietnam war. southern methodist university hosted this event. it is about 80 minutes. host: my main purpose is to introduce you to professor fred logevall, a professor of history at cornell university and the vice provost for international affairs. he is those things but much more. those further attributes are the reasons why you're h

is jeffrey, a worker at cornell university.nd kirsty, a regional director from the association of american educators. great to have you both with us. as we look to the tragedy of it 100 years ago, what was the lasting impact? >> it shocked the conscience of the nation leading to two things. a fundamental question about unrestrained capitalism and the need for regulation. there were two interventions that were pursued to deal with the tragedies. one was an active role and the second workers organising unions to protect themselves. it made a lot of progress. it wasn't until the 1970s, when we pass the legislation, that it provided for the occupational safety and health act. 4,000 worker die going to work. there's more work to be done. >> a lot of work needs to be done. here we are 80 years sings the national labour acts. where do we stand in protecting workers's rights. >> if we talk about unions. we can look at unions private and public saying that there are things that we do to make sure the laws are on the books. and workers a

that very -- lb at unusual -- questions, put together from two students from the prestigious cornell universitye states, shows an epidemic of this kind with the america overrun with zombies in just a few days. american acrobat jacob and william set off on a mission to celebrate their marriage across the world. they traveled across 12 different countries and 83 days renewing their wedding vows no less than 38 times. they shared their nuptials as web users by uploading photos to their facebook accounts along the way. ♪ in this video, we see one of the legendary fight scenes from the matrix movies reproduced in leg os. it makes for gripping doing indeed, and you can take a closer look at the youtube channel. snooperking. >> phrase! -- >> freeze! >> man's best friend. in tokyo, if you are in need of some four-legged companionship it is possible to rent a dog by the hour. this little girl waited a long time to go to canine cuddle for a pooch. >> the dog cannot talk, but he makes me happy when he comes to recognize me and comes to watch me. >> my daughter loves dogs, but our house is not suitable for

a cornell university study associated cooking shows with a higher body mass index. the watchers have a higher body mass index. and so the average view serer is a female who is watching late at night. >> yes, because you want to run out to the kitchen and make it. and now, it is hot again today, because the pressure is sitting on the west coast, and good fuf to push us a few degrees away from a record up to santa rosa up to 77 degrees, and it lwill stay with us tomorrow for more hot weather back in the mix. let's go to the sky network here and it is clear and mild here in san jose with 56 and also looking at the east bay of 76 and the north bay is dropping to 51, you have seen the shot behind the anchor tonight, and look at how mag magnificent full screen across downtown, and the patchy fog across the golden gate bridge. tomorrow morning, looking at the clear skies to begin, and the temperatures which is to be normal with the interior valley with the clear start, and the clear start again to the south bay, and 50 degree ss. over to the microcast format as we go close

up next on american history tv cornell university history professor fred logevall talks about how policymakers use and misuse the past. he cites a number of analogies and how they have been used by contemporary policymakers including neville chamberlain's pre-world war ii appeasement policies and the vietnam war. southern methodist university hosted this event. it is about 80 minutes. host: my main purpose is to introduce you to professor fred logevall, a professor of history at cornell university and the vice provost for international affairs. he is those things but much more. those further attributes are the reasons why you're here tonight, here to listen to one of the truly great minds working the field of history today. let me be more specific when i call fred one of the truly great historians of our day. he is in my opinion -- and i am biased but i have the microphone -- nothing less than the foremost historian of vietnam working in the country today. vietnam, of course, vietnam that word which has come to mean so much in american society. it means a war, an era, a period when the united

up next on american history tv, cornell university history professor fred logevall talks about how policymakers use and misuse the past. he cites a number of analogies

up next, cornell university history professor fred logue of evall talks about how the historians misuse the past. he cites a number of analogies and how they have been used by contemporary policymakers including neville chamberlain's appeasement policies and the vietnam war. southern methodist university hosted this event. it is about 80 minutes. host: my main purpose is to introduce you to professor fred logevall, a professor of history at cornell university and the vice provost for interna

up next on american history tv cornell university history professor fred logevall talks about how policymakers use and misuse the past. he cites a number of analogies and how they have been used by contemporary policymakers including neville chamberlain's pre-world war ii appeasement policies and the vietnam war. southern methodist university hosted this event. it is about 80 minutes.

a group at cornell university has bioprinted a human ear. >> cold collagen gel being deposited on to warm plate. what that does is enables you to get really sharp edges and sharp boundaries. >> it takes the doctor and his team just 15 minutes to print one. >> they are pretty robust. you know, i can pick them up. it will bend and do the things normal cartilage should do. >> 3-d printed ears and other body parts -- >> this is a meniscus. >> -- could be used in human trials in less than five years. >> it brings the ability to make thousands, millions of tissue and customize them for individual people. >> the heart has one major blood vessel called the left main artery. >> what's stopping us from making better organs, asks dr. williams? >> whoever put this original plan together put one major blood vessel leading into the left side, the major part of the heart. when that vessel becomes dysfunctional, we call it the widowmaker. when that vessel fails, the patient will often die. we can build a new heart based upon a design that has two or three blood vessels, a redundancy in this organ. >

if this is arthur university, cornell university -- >> i hexcellent. >> vanderbilt university, then that institution is a private institution not receiving public money. and they can expel them for whatever reason they want. >> let me tell you why i don't know whether you are right. this is what i would say if i were defending the university and its decision to kick these young men out. the school's code of conduct says you can kick somebody out for abuse of conduct. they say it's unwelcome conduct that's efficiently severe and pervasive that it alters the education. they'll say this wasn't pervasive pervasive, it was one time. but then it goes onto say, mark, teasing offhanded comments they don't qualify and neither do isolated incidents unless they're extremely serious. isolated incidents that are extremely serious might qualify as abuse of conduct that results in expulsion. doesn't that get it done? >> no. great argument. that's the argument made back in the early '90s that the schools are saying, look we have a conduct book. they know they're not supposed to do it. but what's written

in 2011 cornell university, not finished, 2012, former salisbury university freshman told police he wasept in a dark basement for many hours without food, water or bathroom breaks, all part of a hazing ritual that got the chapter suspended through the spring of 2014. that would be last year. this is twaif and we see what we saw. i want to bring in some experts here. hln legal analyst joey jackson and joey cevallos. what makes this country great is free speech and what makes us show or awfulness is free spech. ult na speech. what can be done about this? >> what should be done really. first you saw the students marching, protesting, they're exercising that cherished free speech right to make a demand. and that demand is to suppress someone else's free speech. is a word like this free speech? the university should be not too hasty in responding because to be fighting words the words has to be directed at the person. there is no free speech -- i'm sorry. there's no prosecutable speech if you're sitting in your dorm room and you said the nastiest of words. the question will be was this a fig

new york state, february was the coldest month recorded according to the climate center at cornell university. the average temperatures in buffalo was 10.9 degrees during the month that just ended. it was the snowiest month for boston. more on the snow and cold weather, all from rebecca stevenson. my goodness what a strange few weeks. >> it has been. winter started off mild and easy going, and all of a sudden about mid mid-january, storm after storm like you were talking about this winter. we are looking at oklahoma and there's video. oklahoma arkansas don't normally see snow especially in the month of - well the end of february, the first day of march. the storm that brought you the snow and the ice and delayed all the flights at d.f.w. airport is now wreaking havoc as it moved to the north-east. texas - we have a picture of the snow for you. we had snow totals over 2.5 at some spots. it's a wintry picture. manhattan, new york, in midtown, a measurement of 2.5 inches of snow. totals close to 4 numbers. in brooklyn a measurement of two inches taken about 3:00p.m. this afternoon. we know the t

joining us now is jeffrey, an associate director of the worker institute at cornell university.and christy, a regional director from the association of american educators, great to have you with us on a deeper look. as we look back to the tragedy, what was the last impact? >> it shocked the confidence of the nation leading to two things. one, fundamental question about unrestrained capitalism and the need for regulation. there were two interventions pursued to deal with the tragedies. one was an active role for the government and the second was workers unions to protect work places. we made a lot of progress. it wasn't until the '70s that provided for occupational safety and health act. today, 4,000 workers die going to work. there's more work to be done to protect workers on the job. >> a lot of work needed to be done. >> where do we stand in protecting workers' rights. >> if we are talking about unions i say that yes, we can look at unions private and public and say there are things doing to make sure the laws on the books are enforced and workers are protected. it sounds real

. >>> thanks to researchers at cornell university we know how fast an outbreak of zombies would spreadou how the bay area would fair if this happened and which part of the country would be the safest from the undead. very important research here. those are the stories we're working on for the next hour on mornings on 2. now back to you. >> all right scarier than measles for sure. >>> this might look like a person working out but there is more to it than that. instead of being at the gym or at home, this person she is actually at work. >> and this gives you a chance to walk. gets your blood flowing and still take your calls at the same time. so i like it a lot. >> yeah he is demonstrating how employees are taking turns using a new treadmill desk inside santa clara 911 emergency operation center. the treadmill designed to only move up to 4 miles an hour so no incline, no jogging. just walking and talking. >> being able to exercise during your shift it's a huge benefit to us. >> research does show that people who work in sedentary jobs are at a higher risk of serious health problems. >> s

annual washington ideas forum an interview with david scoredden currently the president of cornell university. he'll become the secretary of the smithsonian institution in july of this year. this is 15 minutes. [applause] >> well, good afternoon. it's a real pleasure to get to know briefly but i hope a longer process david scoredden from cornell. the announcement that you'd be the 13th secretary was made back in march. you won't assume the position until next summer but has your thinking clarified at all since that announcement was made about the broad objectives that you'd like to realize while you're there? >> not really, but it's a fair question. i'm hugely enthusiastic about it and very excited about being able to to work at the intersection of culture and science. and i'm a doc. i've spent my life in science and medicine, but i think that the humanistic disciplines, art and culture, are unbelievably important, and we're living in a s.t.e.m.-oriented age. and so it's a fabulous opportunity work at this institution. and that's a way of sidestepping your question that i really do not have s

for example cornell university just proposed a 360,000-dollar fine that cannot be covered by financialis kind of attitude and behavior is causing student like myself to be upset. gerri: i want to just stay with you for a second and we don't have much time. because you're actually there in the middle of it, do you find that over time do you want to take over the role of being the lead in planning for college? what are you doing? >> i did get a scholarship to cover my tuition. and i saved money as i was working as a student and i also talked about my current savings fund as well. i'm trying to offset some of the cost just for doing some internships to really do that on work experience. >> you guys are great thanks so much for coming in and answering the viewers questions. it has been a great week. lauren and bob and rob who is here with us all week, thank you so much. >> thank you. gerri: still to come one mother's answer to teenagers that spend too much time on other electronic devices. find out what she did and how was a big success coming up. ♪ at mfs, we believe in the power of activ

a new study out of cornell university found that there is a link between cooking shows and a higher body mass index. researchers found that women who watched cooking shows were more likely to be heavier. it's a concerning connection considering the food network draws an average audience of more than a million people each night. they do make you hungry sometimes. >> we'll be right back. >>> it would be a very good day to have your lunch outside, go for a walk maybe walk over to the school to pick up the kids rather than drive if you can. beautiful day ahead today. >> sure is. well, strange sight in atlanta, just before the evening commute yesterday. >> take a look at this a man on a horse, riding along the interstate. he is riding to washington, d.c. to help raise awareness about poverty and hunger in america. while it is for a good cause, it is illegal to ride a horse on the highway in georgia. so he was escorted off the interstate. >> a slow speed chase right there. >> thank you for joining us. our next newscast is coming up at 5:00. >> you can get the latest information all day long nb

rebecca is a research krien stift at cornell university. >> you wake up fresh slim because the bedrooms holy grail, right? everyone's looking for that perfect night's sleep. how do we get it? >> it's within our reach. 70% of our americans are sleep deprived. we don't have to be. >> the hotel offer as sleen menu with ten different pillows you can order. >> for a slide sleeper it offer as lot of comfort and supports our hips when you sleep on your side. >> oh, my gosh. who needs a husband when you have this. >> this is a water pillow. >> i think i'm seasick. >> this is a lull la buy piller so you can plug in your iphone. >> can i learn russian while i sleep? it's a $32 billion a year industry. is it a racket? >> in some ways it is a racket. >> he's an orthopaedic sur jn who helps patients sleep through aches and pains. there is no cure-all. >> no two necks are the same. like a fingerprint. this is a progression of life. the key is just be comfortable. >> medical experts say there are things you can do to get a better night's sleep. exercise go to sleep at the same time and keep computer s

university of penn hired a new head coach basketball coach today. he is steve donahue. a local guy who at one time was an assistant at penn. went on to become head coach at cornelloston university where he did a very good job on the both places he replaces jerome allen. the phillies in spring training have had their share of injuries. obviously the biggest cliff lee. today they change things up. what they did for st. patrick's day they wore the green uniform. now this guy won't be wearing a phillies uniform for long in the major leagues because he's terrible. phillipe pee gives up homeruns. he gave up one today. he got help in the field from defense starting short stop is freddie galvis with the good catch phillies lose it today to tampa in clearwater and off season the eagles are bored. here we are bow allen defensive player connor barwin on top. these guys want to show how strong they are. connor barwin and jays see kelce kelce. 264-pounds. see if i was there i would have done that, too. i wasn't in the locker room. >> you weren't there. >> happy st. patrick's day to everybody. >> that's right. we're all wearing green. except for this guy. >> the green screen.

>> right now to start with stanford university is involved, cornell university is involved and they'recertain diseases that are all over the place. asthma, heart disease parkinson's breast cancer. so five apps have been developed already and what are they looking at? they're looking at everything from your blop your heart rate your cholesterol your blood sugar and air quality for asthmatics who want to know. look. i need to use my pump. how often? what's the air quality outside? you know diabetics need to know what their weight is all the time and the beauty of this is that you can get information around the clock. and i can reach people that i couldn't reach before. bill: that's an important part here. in the past you had to be contacted by the medical studies but now if you okay the app on your iphone, you could voluntarily sign up correct? you're physically reaching into the community. >> and my patient doesn't have to go to the medical center to get tested all the time. he may not be able to get out of his house. this way i can reach populations who are most at risk and the sickest

know that my biggest single regret from to university presses is the universe of iowa and the cornell university is that i was unable to change the balance more effectively between access and affordability. and at cornell which is an unusual place because a place with a big endowment, very few american institutions, about 100 of the 4000 colleges and just has substantial endowment. so a little tiny piece of american education, of course an important piece. we are able to, for half the families in america, half of that are in america can go to cornell and have no parental contribution and not borrow any money from a student loan. then at the other end of the spectrum there are people whose salaries or assets permit them to pay cash, even for very expensive education as an ivy league education is. but between those aspects of the socioeconomic spectrum, between those that have had the films in america who we can help, people who make too much to be considered needy in that sense but don't make enough to pay for this, especially if they have two or three kids in college, i didn't do good enough job

we have wonderful relationships with cornell university. they have a center for behavioral economics where they work with schools to promote the practice of something we call "offered vs. served."two weeks ago in oregon and two weeks before that in utah, when i go through the line and observe the students, we suggest the school urge them, don't pre-plate the item for the child. hand the trade to the child and give them a choice as they go through. it is human nature. if i produce it, i'm more likely to consume it. a child, for example, in the case of a piece of fruit, in portland if you're she doesn't want the fruit, we urge schools to have something called a shared table. as i stood in that elementary school in portland oregon, i saw a student put a tangerine or orange on the shared table. two kids beyond him, the next came along and took it, so he had two. there are ways to deal with that, very practical ways. we are very committed to work with students. we announced something about two weeks ago called teen sha -- team share, teaming up

now a professor of law at cornell university but presently visiting at yale law school. so he is a man of many schools. >> host: and he is your co-author. yes. >> host: another call from the bronx, this one from leo hi, leo. >> caller: good afternoon, how are you doing? >> host: good. >> my question to professor gunier is my understanding that associate justice clarence thomas was a beneficiary of affirmative action, yet he did opposed to affirmative action. do you have any thoughts about this contradiction? >> host: what is your view leo of affirmative action so-called affirmative action? >> caller: i just think that people should be judged by their abilities. it's just that if someone takes a position -- someone is a beneficiary of something and then turns around and says, hey i'm against it, it looks like it's contradictory or their vacillating. i expect someone who is a judge to have some consistent theories and concepts as to what the law is. >> host: thank you sir. professor? >> guest: well leo you've asked -- you're asking somebody who knows clarence, and i know h

he is now a professor of law at cornell university but presently visiting at yale lawng school. so hce is a man of many schools. >> host: he is your coauthor iner c the book? >> guest: yes. >> host: another call from the bronx.rnoo hi leo. >> caller: how are you doing? >> host: good. >> caller: my question for professor guiner, my understanding that associate justice clarence thomas is beneficiary of affirmative action yet he is opposed to affirmative action. do you have any thoughts about this contradiction? >> host: what is your view, leo, of affirmative action so-called, affirmative action? >> caller: i just think people should be judged by their abilities. but it is just that it is just that if someone takes a position someone is a beneficiary of something, and turns around and says, hey, i'm against it, it looks like the contradictory.it or they're, or they're vacillating. i mean i expect someone who is a judge to have some consistent theories and concepts as to whats the law is. >> host: thank you h sir. professor guiner. >> guest: well leo, you're f asking somebody who kn

cornell university researchers working on disease modeling mapped the spread of a -- at this point fictionalmight spread across the united states. a few takeaways, if you're in a big city you're screwed. your goal for escape is head for empty regions like the rocky mountains. although if you can make it through the first month in a metropolitan area, you'll probably be safer as the infection center probably would spread to some of the surrounding areas. plus you'd have andrew in the city you can imagine all of the stocked shelves and the pantries. and you go into one building can probably find a lot of food. >> we could hunker down here. >> probably here. >> i don't know about the windows. >> but there are at lo of people in new york. >> there are. >> and if most of them turn into zombies, it would be crowded with zombies. that would be difficult. >> they might eat you or something. >> one thing you can do is spread guts and intestines all over yourself from a zombie. then you can sort of blend in as you walk with them. >> go big red. i'm glad my alma mater is doing this research. very impor

host: now the politics reporter for defense one, our guess is a graduate at cornell university and earnedaster's at nyu. gary is joining us from new york . good morning. caller: i just want to go back to benjamin netanyahu. i was really glad to hear what he had to say and the way the world is, we are beyond hurting feelings and just deal with it. i appreciate that. thank you. guest: a lot of members of congress also were appreciative for his perspective. obviously, the stakes are very high for them when it comes to the iran agreement. what is mixed is what he may have accomplished in his speech. a lot of what he said has been very similar for what you said for a long time. they are similar in their analysis, somewhat predictable that he did not offer any alternatives. he laid out the issues, which everyone is well aware of, but did not offer alternatives to the route the obama administration is pursuing. forceful speech about what the stakes really are for the allies in the region. host: patrick on the independent line. caller: hello, i am a veteran. as i watched historically, we have gra

we have wonderful relationships with cornell university.hey have a center for behavioral economics where they work with schools to promote the practice of something we call "offered vs. served."two weeks ago in oregon and two weeks before that in utah, when i go through the line and observe the students, we suggest the school urge them, don't pre-plate the item for the child. hand the trade to the child and give them a choice as they go through. it is human nature. if i produce it, i'm more likely to consume it. a child, for example, in the case of a piece of fruit, in portland if you're she doesn't want the fruit, we urge schools to have something called a shared table. as i stood in that elementary school in portland oregon, i saw a student put a tangerine or orange on the shared table. two kids beyond him, the next came along and took it, so he had two. there are ways to deal with that, very practical ways. we are very committed to work with students. we announced something about two weeks ago called teen sha -- team share, teaming up to

she put herself through medical school, training at prestigious universities like cornell and harvard. she is a world-renowned medical doctor, she's a neuroscientist and she is one of the first female anti-aging medical experts, as well as the author of the highly acclaimed book "secrets for ageless skin." so, i mean, talk about someone who really understands our skin, ladies, right? >> yes. >> she does, and she is a true advocate for women, helping us all age with health, grace, and, i might add, gorgeous-looking skin. please welcome my friend and the woman who's helping me fight and win my personal wrinkle war, dr. adrienne denese! [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. >> hi. >> leeza. it's so good to see you. >> so lovely to see you. how are you, my beautiful friend? >> fantastic. >> this lovely lady is 58 years old. yes. >> and you don't look like you have aged at all. so, how is that possible? >> leeza, i use very good skin care. [ laughter ] very good skin care. >> yes, well, that would be it. and, clearly, women love your products. i mean, 25 million units sold on qvc alone. but let'

i've spent some time with qatar university, this country is fundamentally oriented to the west, we have huge campuses like georgetown cornell, texas a and mchl they all have presence in can qatar. this is a failure by the white house. the pentagon wants to keep the air force base there it's the white house that is failing to step up and be with our allies in the same way they've been with israel and saudi arabia. so i see it as a failure by president obama not by qatar. >> mike, i do think back to the times before world war ii when everybody was saying the japanese they dress like us, they talk like us they appreciate our literature et cetera, when in fact they turned out to be bruts on the battlefield. you know, again, you've got to be aware of the superficial view of somebody rather than what their residence is. >> it all comes back to what type of return are you getting and i don't think we've gotten our moneys worth from qatar. i think qatar has been too cozy with the terrorists there and particularly let's not forget terrorists that also want to harm israel and i think netanyahu is really the one adult in the room here

it is true that my biggest single regret from two university presidencies at the university of iowa and cornell as is that i was unable to change the balance more effectively between access and affordability. at cornell which is an unusual place about 100 of the 4,000 colleges have a substantial endowment. they are able to offer half the families of america, go to cornell and have no contribution cannot borrow any money from student loans there are peoples whose salaries or assets permit them to pay cash for very expensive educations the between those aspects of the social economic spectrum for people who make too much to be considered median i did not do a good enough job of organizing them. it takes serious change in the cost matrix of the university. during the beginning of the session took my salary down and did other things to reduce cost but that was not enough. the other end was to reduce revenue. the other half of what you are asking. if it costs roughly 50,000 tuition and fees to go to institution like cornell if a person wants to organize a scholarship that would last forever and in p

cornell for an alleged plot to shoot up the u.s. capitol. >>> this afternoon, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is expected to announce a new technology partnership with howard university. bowser's office says the partnership will help encourage innovation in the district this comes as bowser plans to head to the south by southwest festival in texas, thursday. she'll meet with tech lead toers promote economic opportunities back here in the district of columbia. >>> time right now is 12 minutes after 11:00. more fallout in ferguson missouri. the latest person to resign amid all of the uproar there. former secretary of state hillary clinton breaks her silence, but is it enough? stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> i'm saying another couple of hours of rain and then the sun >>> developing story this morning. new video showing a midair collision between two helicopterses that left ten people dead. french investigators will led to that crash site in argentina. yesterday investigators combed through the debris after the collision. eight french nationals killed in the crash including well-known athletes. two argentinean pilots also killed. the group was filming a reality sho

cornell, i thought, very strong yesterday. and natural foods really looking good. >> sole ofmaller stores. citi target. >> the notion that you have you a target next to every single universityecause the first thing you do when you go like i've had to do go to boston you go to new orleans, okay let's go to the targets. give me that target next to the barnes & noble. believe me he's thinking of doing just that. he is a smart man. he's listening to everyone to try to get it right. listening to my friend at hanes celestial. what can i do in? i like the guy. >> i understand. >> he's listening to people. that's not the target -- not become the target way. it was under mr. mackey he was the dominant retailer of his generation. i like what i'm hearing from cornell, he's strong. >> yesterday we talked about goldman cutting specialty retail. last year morgan stanley took a&f to underweight. europe two-year comp down 25. u.s. down 14 over 2 years. >> they could use ron johnson. >> who? >> the running back for the giants. >> i'm telling you that that's a combination. you need someone so bad to recognize that this -- no they have -- they have real problems. and ron -- i don't mean that

introduced by jim cornell, who has, as he said has been friends of mine for at least a billion years. since we were talking cosmic terms here. so, as jim said "the accidental universe" is a collection of essays that explore how developments in modern science have affected our understand offing ourselves and our place in the cosmos. and i'm going to talk about the title essay, the accidental universe, and then read you a little bit from one of the other essays. until very recently, scientist believed that almost all aspects of the physical universe could be explained as necessary consequences of a small number of fundamental laws and what is a fundamental law? one example is einstein's principle of relativity, which states there is no such thing as absolute rest or absolute motion. that only relative motion has meaning. and from that fundamental principle or fundamental law einstein derived and quantitative detail his theory of time and space. we discover the fundamental laws of nature by experiments and by inspired guesses but ultimately, of course, they have to agree with experiments. from a small number of fundamental laws we have been able to calculate and quant

introduced by jim cornell, who has, as he said has been friends of mine for at least a billion years. since we were talking cosmic terms here. so, as jim said "the accidental universe" is a collection of essays that explore how developments in modern science have affected our understand offing ourselves and our place in the cosmos. and i'm going to talk about the title essay, the accidental universe, and then read you a little bit from one of the other essays. until very recently, scientist believed that almost all aspects of the physical universe could be explained as necessary consequences of a small number of fundamental laws and what is a fundamental law? one example is einstein's principle of relativity, which states there is no such thing as absolute rest or absolute motion. that only relative motion has meaning. and from that fundamental principle or fundamental law einstein derived and quantitative detail his theory of time and space. we discover the fundamental laws of nature by experiments and by inspired guesses but ultimately, of course, they have to agree with experiments. from a small number of fundamental laws we have been able to calculate and quant