In this hour of Science Friday, Ira and guests will look at President Bush's new American Competitiveness Initiative, a ten-year plan to pump billions of dollars into math and science education, and to increase investments in research and development. We'll talk about the plan, and why it might not be enough.

Plus, inspiring girls to become engineers, and how climate change could change civilization.Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (3-4 Eastern). Teachers, find more information about using Science Friday as a classroom resource in the Kids' Connection.

Guests:
Ralph Wyndrum, Jr
President, IEEE-USA (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
Fair Haven, New jersey

Patricia Welesko Garland
Co-chair, Engineers Week 2006
Program Manager, Combined Heat and Power
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee

C.D. Mote
President, University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

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Eugene Linden
Journalist
Author, "The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilization" (Simon and Schuster, 2006)
Washington, DC

Books/Articles Discussed:

"The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilization," by Eugene Linden. Simon and Schuster, 2006.

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This segment produced by Annette Heist