please join me in giving a very warm welcome to leslie berlin. [applause] great to have you. >> thank you. >> so, leslie, really delighted to have you here at the museum. >> thank you. >> and enjoyed reading "the troublemakers." so you've been a chronicler of the valley's history for two decades, and you often quote steve jobs who says you can't really understand what's going on unless you understand what came before. for a place that's focused so much on creating the future, why is silicon valley history important? >> well, i mean, it's hard to outspeak steve jobs on that. so i do believe that you can't understand what's happening today without understanding what came before, but more importantly or as important at least is that silicon valley has this remarkable advantage which is that the history is still here. the people, i mean, in this room and all over this community are here and quite accessible. and i think that the young entrepreneurs who know what's up, they come and try to talk to the people who are living here who have done this befor

please join me in giving me a very warm welcome to leslie berlin. great to have you. leslie, really delighted to have you here. and enjoyed reading the troublemakers you had been a chronicle of the history for two decades you can't really understand what goes on unless you understand what came for. it is hard to out speak steve jobs on that. i do believe that you can't understand what's happening today without understanding what came before more important for as importantly's is that they have this remarkable advantage which is the history is still here. the people in this room and all over this community is quite accessible. i think that the young entrepreneurs that know what is up they come and try to talk to the people who are living here who have done this before bob taylor who i talk about in my book who is the person that convinced the department of defense to start the arpanet that became the internet and then ran the computer science lab which is one of the two labs that developed the technology that this in 1979. taylor told me that mark zuckerberg came up to

valley upstarts filed in troublemakers and two children, please join me giving a warm welcome to leslie berlin. [applause] >> great to have you. >> leslie, enjoyed reading the troublemakers. you have been a chronicler of the valley history for two decades and you often quote steve jobs, you can't understand what is going on unless you understand what came before, for a place focused on creating the future why is silicon valley history important? >> it is hard to out speak steve jobs on that. i do believe you can't understand what is happening without understanding what came before, but more importantly or as important is silicon valley has this remarkable advantage which is the history is still here, the people in this room and all over this community are here and quite accessible and i young entrepreneurs who know what is up, they come and try to talk to the people who are living here who have done this before. bob taylor who i talk about in my book, who is the person who convinced the department of defense to start what became the internet and ran the computer science lab at xerox park which

at 8:50, leslie berlin describes the growth of major tech industries including personal computing, video games and biotechnology. then on booktv's "after words" at 10, second circuit court of appeals judge jon newman details his career in the judicial system in an interview by connecticut senator richard blumenthal. and we wrap up at 11 with daniel ellsberg talking about his experiences as a nuclear war planner in the early 1960s. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 72 hours of nonfiction authors and books this weekend. television for serious readers. first up, robert merry on president mckinley. ♪ ♪

look at some of the best books of the year according to the "san francisco chronicle", historian leslie berlinreports on how silicon valley became that center of technological innovation in troublemakers. neil degrasse tyson shares his research on the universe. in grand, pulitzer prize-winning biographer explores the life of the president ulysses grant. on scene is a collection of unreleased images of african-american culture from the "new york times" photo archives. and best-selling biographer recounts the life of leonardo da vinci. >> in 1482, there's a big delegation that goes from florence to milan to the duke of milan that is led by a playwright and a poet. it has an architect artist, engineers and of all things leonardo goes as a musician because he does everything especially cause he loves theater, so he has invented musical instruments including one like a violin, but he made in the shape of a horse's head. he brings it to milan is a gift as part of that cultural delegation, but he kind of wants to stay there. needs a new horizon he's a bit tired of being just a painter turkeys been bl

also this weekend's silicon valley historian leslie berlin talks about major technology industries. the pentagon papers talks about his experiences as a nuclear war planner in the early 60s and we visit ring seal that is all this weekend on c-span to book tv television for serious readers. for complete schedule visit our website. kick off this weekend and just a moment with the science behind in a seizure. we've a bit of publishing news for you. fire and fury about the inner workings of the trump white house is already on the bestsellers list. yesterday in his first television interview he discussed his book on nbc's today show. >> did you interview him for this book. i spoke to the president whether he realized it was interview or not i don't know. it was not off the record. i spoke to him after the inauguration. and i had spoken to him. i spent about three hours with the president over the course of the campaign and in the white house. my window into donald trump's pretty significant. even more to the point this was sort of the point of the book. i spoke to people who spoke to the

and now here is leslie berlin on the growth of silicon valley.n an information age during 1969 to 1976. and within the space of just 35 square miles there was a big bank here in silicon valley. the most significant bursts in the past 150 years. five major industries. they were born for salt computing. "

inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and now on booktv, silicon valley historian leslie berlin described the growth of the major technology industries including personal computing, video games and biotechnology. she's introduced by and in conversation with marguerite gong hancock, the founding executive director of the computer history museum's exponential center. >> in an information age version of florence and the renaissance during 1969-18976 -- 1976 and within the space of just 35 square miles, there was a big bang here in silicon valley. the valley was the epicenter of,

and leslie berlin describes the growth of major technology industries. harlan ohlman argues the u.s. has lost or failed to accomplish its stated mission in every war it started since the end of world war ii. and the pentagon papers, dan yell ellsberg, talks about his experiences as a nuclear war planner in the early '60s. we visit springfield, missouri to tour that city's literary sites. now that's all this weekend on c-span2's book tv. it's television for serious readers. for a complete schedule, visit our web site, booktv.org. in publishing news this weekend, author michael wolff's new book "fire and fury" about the inner work on the trump white house white house is on bestseller lists. yelled the discussed this book on nbc's today show. >> let's talk about steve banner, because here's somebody who was on the record with you, made some pretty bold assertions as you mentioned, has disparaged the president and yet now in the last couple of days says he is a great man and nothing can separate us. what's bannon doing here? >> the president has tried to put