and joel shurkin on "true genius: the life and work of richard garwin, the most influential scientist you've never heard of" . this is just under one hour. good afternoon. welcome to the ninth annual tucson festival of books. my name is matt russell. i'm the ceo of russell public communications and it will be a privilege for me to moderate the session this afternoon. i would like to thank cox communications for sponsoring the venue. mr. mcneil is sponsored by research corporation for science advancements. and mr. joel shurkin is sponsored by the university of arizona bio institute. the presentation will last one hour. including questions and answers. please hold your questions until the final part of the program. we will manage questions from the floor. immediately following the session mr. mcneil will be autographing his book and the sales and sending area and the u of a bookstore whose number 141. books are available for purchase at this location. take note, mr. mcneil will be about 20 minutes late to the signing area due to a live interview with c-span following the program. i do w