Countdown #251
February 07, 2014
This week, we're looking at population and politics, and what we can do to make human life on Earth more sustainable. We'll speak to journalist and author Alan Weisman, about his book "Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth."And we're joined by Dr. Chris Tyler, Director of the UK’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, to talk about the 20 top things scientists need to know about policy-making.
Guests:
- Alan Weisman
- Chris Tyler
Featured Book
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?
Guest Bios
Alan Weisman
Alan Weisman is the author of "Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth". He has also written several other books, including "The World Without Us", an international bestseller translated into thirty-four languages, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and winner of the Wenjin Book Prize of the National Library of China. His work has been selected for many anthologies, including "The Best American Science Writing". An award-winning journalist, his reports have appeared in Harper’s, the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Discover, Vanity Fair, Wilson Quarterly, Mother Jones, and on NPR. A former contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Magazine, he is a senior producer for Homelands Productions. He lives in western Massachusetts.
Chris Tyler
Dr. Chris Tyler is Director of the UK’s Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). He joined POST in 2012 having spent the previous two years as Executive Director of Cambridge University’s Centre for Science and Policy. Prior to that, Chris was a science adviser to the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee and also worked at Sense About Science. Chris has a degree in Anthropology from the University of Durham, a PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge and sits on the Board of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE).
