lisa randall. so get ready to get your learning on. yo. trying to get kids interested in science. what up, [bleeped]? but first we're coming up on the second anniversary of a scandal that rocked the scientific community. no, it's not the discovery of albert einstein's lingerie collection. [laughter] e equals mc... i'm talking about climate-gate, the 2009 controversy surrounding possible irregularities in climate research data. >> some stolen e-mails are giving encouragement to global warming sceptics. >> hackers seized a file of more than 1,000 e-mails. >> in those e-mail, some climate scientists seem to be suggesting that perhaps they're massaging the data. >> jon: ah, and then releasing it. yes. [laughter] hacked e-mails suggested that some global warming scientists were guilty of massage with release. [laughter] ironically giving their critics erections. >> climate-gate has revealed that global warming and that movement is run by hacks and frauds. >> the global warming hoax continues to be expos

thanks this is a nice turnout and a great crowd, so welcome to politics & prose than welcome to lisa randall. as i said, her new book is walking on heavens door, how science and the modern world. lisa is a professor of theoretical physics at harvard university and the team expert on critical physics, cosmology. she is one of the most highly cited and influential theoretical physicist. she has appeared in discoverer, the economist, "newsweek," scientific america, among many other publications. she has been a fun time at magazines 100 most influential people. as i said, "knocking on heaven's door" is her second book. her first book, warped passages is about the universe is hidden dimensions. "knocking on heaven's door" is that scientific research today, specifically at the large collator and the author's own investigative particles into strength. and cosmology into modern physics from the core knowledge, the smallest objects to the outer boundaries and outer threshold young understanding. this is her book to present and we are happy that she's here to do that. thanks to you for being here. ple

eastern time, lisa randall looks at the contributions that physics and scientific thinking have made to our understanding of the universe. then on "after words," susan herman discusses her book, "taking liberties." and at 10, stephane his hessel. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> next, from the 13th annual national book festival on the national mall in washington d.c. maya jasanoff presents her book "liberty's exiles." [applause] >> well, thank you all so much for coming today. um, you know when i had the pleasure to be invited for this and saw the program, of course, i immediately started looking at the program to see who else was speaking at the same time as me. and i discovered that there are no fewer than two pulitzer prize winners, a major hollywood actress, and so, you know i know my topic is losers, but, you know -- [laughter] however, i take some pleasure, however, in speaking to you between two pulitzer prize winners. so you should, you should certainly stay on for more in this tent. but most of all, thank you to the library of congress and to the organizers o