Title:
Neal Lane: Confessions of a President's Science Advisor
Speaker:
Neal Lane
Subject:
science
Area:
Science and Technology
Type of school:
laboratory
School name:
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Country:
United States
Course language:
English
Course media:
Video
Course duration:
Contributor:
pbp
Comments:
Neal Lane: Confessions of a President's Science Advisor (1 hr, 16 min.)
Former science advisor to president Bill Clinton Neal Lane briefly reviews the history of the job of Science Advisor to the President and give some examples of issues he had to deal with when he was in that position, including climate change, stem cell research, the human genome, nanotechnology and research funding. He will also give his opinions about the present and future state of science in the U.S.
September 11, 2006