Catalog of Interviews and Bits

Marcelo Brazzi was a spacecraft engineer on NASA’s Apollo program

and a computer science instructor at California State University. He

holds a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of

California and has traveled extensively through Europe, Asia, Africa,

and South America. Among his accomplishments are ascending Mount

Kilimanjaro and Mount Everest and photographing total solar eclipses

around the world.

Now retired from engineering, he is involved in managing his real

estate investments, writing, and spending time with his grown children

and his grandsons. He is the author of the new book The Liberal

Record: Everything You Need to Know. Brazzi lives on the beach in

Southern California.

The Liberal Record: Everything You Need to Know, ISBN 9781796035148 (Paperback) $13.45, ISBN

9781796035155 (Hardcover) $29.99, ISBN 9781796035131 (ebook) $3.99, 2019, Xlibris, 202 pages,

available on Amazon.

In her captivating new book, Tree Story (published by Johns Hopkins University Press), Valerie Trouet shows readers how the seemingly simple and relatively familiar concept of counting tree rings has inspired far-reaching scientific breakthroughs that illuminate the complex interactions between nature and people. Trouet, a leading tree-ring scientist, takes us out into the field, from remote African villages to radioactive Russian forests, offering readers an insider's look at tree-ring research, a discipline formally known as dendrochronology. Tracing her own professional journey while exploring dendrochronology's history and applications, Trouet describes the basics of how tell-tale tree cores are collected and dated with ring-by-ring precision, explaining the unexpected and momentous insights we've gained from the resulting samples.

Join Valerie Trouet on Thursday, May 7th as she can discuss:

Exciting findings of tree-ring research, including the locations of drowned pirate treasure and successful strategies for surviving California wildfire

How history can be viewed by tree rings such as the secret to Genghis Khan's victories, the connection between Egyptian pharaohs and volcanoes, and even the role of olives in the fall of Rome

How dendrochronology sheds light on global climate dynamics and reveals the clear links between humans and our leafy neighbors

The tangible appeal of studying trees, a discipline that has taken her to the most austere and beautiful landscapes around the globe and has enabled scientists to solve long-pondered mysteries of the earth and her human inhabitants

The importance of planting trees and maintaining forests

Valerie Trouet is an associate professor in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at the University of Arizona.

Steve Greenberg

Innovation Insider bio:

If you have an idea for an invention or have a product you want on television, you’ll want to meet Steve Greenberg, the Innovation Insider and author of GADGET NATION. Steve helps inventors land licensing deals and showcases new products on television.

Greenberg has always been drawn to ingenuity and invention. It was that fascination that caused Steve to write a book about garage inventors for Sterling Publishing. The book showcases more than 100 off-beat gadgets and the inventors behind them. GADGET NATION: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ECCENTRIC WORLD OF INVENTION is in its second printing and has recently been launched as a paperback and as an eBook. Steve served for 3 years on the Board of Directors for the United Inventors Association.

The Innovation Insider can be seen every month on NBC’s Today Show. He also appears on The Dr Oz Show and on the Hallmark Channel’s Home and Family. Throughout the year, Steve can be seen demonstrating innovative tech/gadgets on America’s top TV market stations including WGN Chicago, ABC Dallas, NBC Dallas, NBC Minneapolis, CBS Houston, NBC Washington DC and others.

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