that's what robert wilson and arno penzias discovered in the mid-1960s at bell labs. they aimed a radio antenna at the sky and noticed that no matter where they pointed it, they received the same steady microwave signal, which sounded like static. with the help of some princeton physicists, they realized that this wasn't any old static, rather it was very likely to be the spectral remnants of the big bang, the leftover vibrations from that initial explosion of densely packed energy that presumably gave us our universe. for this discovery of the cosmic microwave background, penzias and wilson received the nobel prize in physics in 1978. the connection to music lies in fourier analysis, or more properly, fourier analysis as it is created in the setting of a sphere, which is how we analyze the microwave background. fourier analysis as we've been describing it is about periodic functions, those regularly repeating patterns in time. fourier showed that these could be broken up into sinusoids of different frequencies. on a sphere, rather than get sinusoids, spherical symmet

that's the lesson of, of robert penn warren's pragmatism. wilson's lesson from the war. i was teaching this morning, injured three times during the war, shot in the chest, shot in the neck. falls bluff, antetum in chancellor'sville and comes out of that experience. went into the war as one of the maybe, relatively few, abolitionists, officers, and comes out of the war convinced his moral passions, moral passions of the colleagues were foolish mistakes. so, it frames our moral modesty. >> the passion itself was the problem. >> that's right. it frames the passionate social projects that people have engaged in ever since. so the civil rights movement, borrows on the language of the abolitionists. the woman's right movement, borrows and we have all the social movements that organize themselves around the models of abolition as the one great, you know, relatively, relatively pure. example of, extraordinary social reform in our country. but also we're called on to beep modest at the same time by the same events. >> i want to make an argument as to why savory is a little differ

that's the lesson of robert penn warren's pragmatism. it's edwin wilson's lesson from the war. it's louis manan's. i was just teaching this morning oliver wendell holmes jr. injured three times in the war, shot in the chest, shot in the neck, ball's bluff, antietam and chancellorsville and comes out of that experience -- and went into the war as one of the maybe relatively few abolitionist officers and comes out of the war convinced that his moral passions and the moral passions of his colleagues were foolish mistakes. so it frames our moral modesty. >> the passion itself was the problem. >> that's right. but it also frames the passionate social projects that people have engaged in ever since. so the civil rights movement borrows on the language of the abolitionists. the women's rights movement of the 19th century borrows powerfully. so we have all of these social movements that organize themselves around the wolmodels abolition as the one great relatively, relatively pure example of extraordinary social reform in our country. but also we're called on to be modest at the same t

reid wilson, margie o'meara and robert trainer. it's great to see all three of you. interesting to see the mayor take to his office to record his own one-on-one "meet the press," so to speak. margie, how much was the obama campaign involved in mayor booker's decision to backtrack this, basically fix this. >> i'm a new jersey native and a khaca cory booker super fan. he speaks for himself on "meet the press" and when he releases videos and goes on twitter. i think we should -- all of these things are things he said for himself. he mentioned in the video that mitt romney brings up his record on bain as a reason why he understands the economy. that makes it a perfectly good thing to discuss and say, well, let's explore that record in more detail. when you combine that with everything else that he's said, corporations are people, let detroit go bankrupt, that's a real picture of mitt romney. >> margie, though, if the mayor speaks and stands for himself, why backtrack anything? let "meet the press" and what he had to say on that stand for itself. why then take to twitter

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. >> robert from the wilson center and the university of missouri. thank you for your comments. i did want to ask about one area where we see these events in nigeria and molly. i am wondering if you could talk a little bit about your efforts in west africa and also urge you to emphasize the economic development and the strategic importance of economic development. thank you. >> you raised two important points. one is what are we doing in terms of confronting the terrorist threat and places like nigeria, and then what we need to do in terms of assistance and assistance to these countries so we can build these institutions. nigeria is a particularly dangerous situation right now. there is a group that has links with al qaeda and also al schwab -- a =-shabab, so there is a challenge that it poses. as we know, there is a struggle with the christian communities. so we are trying to work with the nigerian governments, as well as other governments are, to try to give them the ability to confront the terrorist threat, but also there is the issue of building up those political institutio

robert andino. he sure cops matt wieters. 3-1 and a huge insurance run. the orioles chip away. wilson betemit off of the closure. home run at number 6. 3-2. a little more life. two outs. j.j. hardy up the middle. he beats the tag. he says you are safe. 3-3 game is extra innings. adam jones hit a home run against the red sox. last night a home run in the 15th. 4-3, the orioles win to keep pace with tampa, stay tied for first in the american league east and they are fun to watch. 10 games over .500. the field is set for the preakness. and have another bodemeister are the favorites. went the day well, bodemeister is seventh. i'll have another is a number nine. the stable manager says there's nothing tiger what can do about the inside post. >> that is the worst spot to be in. they thought we were crazy but kevin plank decided to take on the sports apparel world, they thought he was crazy. what else would you expect? we're going to give it a shot. tiger walk -- will see how it shakes out. >> you cannot win unless you race. good theory. >> 6:27. about theearning more couple accused of using

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robert caro on the passage of power, volume for in his biography of lyndon johnson. look for our second hour of conversation sunday, may 20. >> "washington journal" continues. host: jane harman, head of the wilson center is our guest, and our newspapers are filled with stories about the stand off between the united states and china over the blind dissident. how serious is the issue next guest: it is very serious because he is important and human rights is important. i've served in the white house of jimmy carter who put human rights on the agenda. i was in beijing here in 1995 when hillary clinton on the conference on women's rights said women's rights are a human rights and so forth, so we have had this dissension with china for a long time. now, a blind, self-trained lawyer who has courageously spoken against china," one-child policy and coerced abortions and has a terrible story to tell, was in our embassy for six days, apparently not asking for asylum, but then changed his mind after words, and there has been a huge effort to find its way forward. i think it is very important. the less i have heard is maybe there will be away for hinson get a visa, study and the united states, and i presume