>> that is a picture of lake austin as seen from our boat dock. i do most of my work at home in an office overlooking the lake. and so, i have a certain feeling of connection with lake austin. >> so where do nobel prize-winning physicist finance guy put a lake on the front of this book? >> well, it is but a look at while you're working, but also being a scientist, especially a theoretical physicist is a little out of order with the period and the sons of the late, especially in summer at the boats going up and down the lake, playing music brings me back a little bit to the real world, the world of human affairs, which is i am healthy. and that's what i was trying to do in this book, and many of the essays to peep out of the ivory tower of it and that's something to say. >> lets peep into the ivory tower above it. what is the purpose of studying physics? >> well, there're many reasons for doing it. it has enormous practical value of course. not the kind of physics i do. that may future date bring some technological advances, but that is not why i do

>> that's a picture of lake austin as seen from our boat dock. i do most of my work at home in an office overlooking the lake. and so i have a certain feeling of connection with lake austin. >> why would a nobel prize-winning physicist of science put a lake on the front of his book? >> well, it is what i look at while i'm working, but also, you know, being a scientist, especially a few theoretical physicist, it's a little unworldly. and the sounds of the lake, especially in summer, the boats going up and down the lake playing music brings me back a little bit to the real world, the world of human affairs, which is i think healthy. >> well -- >> that's what i was trying to do in this book, in many of the essays, to peek out of the ivory tower of debt, something to say about the real world. >> let's peek back into the ivory tower. what's the purpose of studying physics? >> well, there are many reasons for doing it. it has enormous practical value, of course. not the kind of physics i do. that may at some future date bring some technological advances

>> that is a picture of lake austin as seen from our boat dock. i do most of my work at home in an office overlooking the lake. and so, i have a certain feeling of connection with lake austin. >> so where do nobel prize-winning physicist finance guy put a lake on the front of this book? >> well, it is but a look at while you're working, but also being a scientist, especially a

this picture on the front of the book is his view of lake austin on his boat dock. he joins us here at the university of texas. >> thank you. >> every weekend booktv offers 48 hours of programming, focus on nonfiction authors and books. watch it here on c-span2. >> next, booktv talk to professor lewis gould about his book, "my dearest nellie." this interview is part of booktv's college of series. this month we visit the university of texas at austin. >> professor lewis gould on the cover of a book you edited this past year is a picture, who is in that picture of? >> the picture shows president william howard taft and his wife helen herron taft in a limousine. the task were one of the first presidential amnesty is the automobile. i was chosen to illustrate how close and loving this couple was and why president tapped wrote her one of 13 letters while he was in the white house. >> who is now a? >> nellie was her name, her affectionate name within her family and then by the president. he always addressed her as my dear nellie or my dearest nellie. that's how her intima

on mopac bridge at lady bird lake in austin, texas. re wondering, why is he in the back of the truck. this is why. he literally jumped off the truck, over the bridge and into lady bird lake. >> what if he had hit that little -- over there. >> he didn't know they were there. >> right. >> oh boy. >> wow. >> and he totally survived. it was a stunt. this is eric summers and they are calling him a stunt man. i don't know if he is a professional or just some dude who really likes stunts. >> like a jack ass style stuntman? >> right. they obviously have this plan because there's several different camera angles that shot his jump. >> i think the suit was a nice touch. this would have been less cool if he was just wearing regular clothes. >> he did it in style. >> what would have made it cooler, if he had a kilt, make a chicken suit? i think he knows, he's going to dress to impress at all times. umbrella would have been a good touch. >> umbrella would have been a great touch. >> it would have been the best touch, is a monocle. >> i think you want

austin. the creation of man made lake forced residents to find a new place to live.itors that can see the town cemetery. >> as bad as the drought is for us it turns into an asset. because we're able to bring people out here to show them some of this history. >> this is protected as an archaeological site. >> and in iowa a loen turkey made a mess of traffic. and you one of the busiest intersections check it out. >> it spent most of the day dodging cars and trucks. >> fearless. >> and there are some that tried to get the board out of the busy streets. >> it's unclear where turkey came from. and he's thinking i'm abif. >> people follow that had lead today. in san jose got a move on. >> yes. 20,000 participated in the applied materials tricky truck. raising 15,000 pounds of food. >> there is a beat of a drum. >> i used to better my health. >> bettering sthechls and making life better for others. and this is giving back. >> fitness and charity. that is why he and his wife founded the turkey trot seven years ago. >> will have raised or donated $2.2 million after today. tha

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austin have discovered liquid water on just underneath the ice crust of jupiter. this is a huge discovery. there's so much water there, it could fill the great lakesit's a huge thing because water means life. so there are all these cracks on the surface of jupiter's moon here. this is one of like six moons. those crabs they think are because of the warmer water underneath which is making that ice crack. >> i want to get to this real quick. whatever happened to gordon from "sesame street"? >> he's still there. but look at this guy. do you know who this man is? look familiar. >> it's my uncle. >> is he? your long lost cousin perhaps? "sesame street" wants to know. there have been like three other gordons since the show's begin. but this is the very first gordon. he shot the test pilot and then he never made the final cut. so he wasn't on the real show. and they've gone back through all of their archives and can't figure out who it is. not even lives on the show if you know who he is, e-mail to where's gordon at sesame street.org. >> we'll put out an all points bulletin on gordon if you know who he is, let us know. tweet me at don lemon cnn or at jac