President’s Guide to Science, The

Synopsis: The decisions the president of the United States makes can shape the future of humanity for decades to come - decisions often based on science and technology. Yet, it is also potentially the greatest source of weakness. The president has to have a grasp of everything from global warming to the ethical dilemmas of new bio-technologies, often with little more science education than a high school diploma. In this programme the world’s leading scientists, politicians and commentators reveal the questions the president has to face, explaining how to plot the careful path needed to both harness the miraculous and avoid the catastrophic.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2008
Year of production: 2008
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 16/9/2008
Subjects: Politics & government; Science
Keywords: decision analysis; knowledge management; policy studies; United States of America; American presidents; scientific debate

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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