Final episode of 'Charlie Rose Science Series' airs April 7
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The final episode of the “Charlie Rose Science Series,” which over the past 18 months has featured shows focused on the brain, longevity, stem cells, pandemics and other science topics, will air Monday, April 7.
Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse has served as cohost, with Charlie Rose, of the series since it began in October 2006.
The final episode, titled “The Imperative and Promise of Science,” will feature scientific leaders who have inspired a new generation of thinkers. The discussion will focus on the potential crisis in science education, scientific innovation and the role science should play in the 2008 presidential election.
Guests will include Harold Varmus, president and chief executive officer of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lisa Randall, professor of physics at Harvard University; and Bruce Alberts, past president of the National Academy of Sciences, biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco and editor in chief of Science magazine.
The episode airs nationally on PBS. In New York it will be shown on WNET, channel 13, at 11 p.m.
