Centralization of Federal Science Activities: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 505 pages Committee Serial No. 10. Examines Government organizational structure supporting scientific research to determine how Federal support may be strengthened. |
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The best route to better medical care is through a deeper understanding of the
nature of the life process and of disease , disabilities and other human afflictions .
( d ) Marine sciences where there are expanding opportunities for learning more
...
The best route to better medical care is through a deeper understanding of the
nature of the life process and of disease , disabilities and other human afflictions .
( d ) Marine sciences where there are expanding opportunities for learning more
...
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The real gap lies in the ragged public understanding of science and in the
retarded application of science at State and local levels of government . People
in a democratic society cannot express views on key science - related issues they
do ...
The real gap lies in the ragged public understanding of science and in the
retarded application of science at State and local levels of government . People
in a democratic society cannot express views on key science - related issues they
do ...
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The program basis for funding of the scientific endeavor is the high utility of
science to society in general , despite the very low predictability of the ultimate
utilization of any one piece of scientific information or understanding . The public
has ...
The program basis for funding of the scientific endeavor is the high utility of
science to society in general , despite the very low predictability of the ultimate
utilization of any one piece of scientific information or understanding . The public
has ...
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When in addition , one recognizes the enormous disparity between our level of
understanding or social processes and our great need for such understanding :
at this transitional time in the history of the American people , the requirement for
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When in addition , one recognizes the enormous disparity between our level of
understanding or social processes and our great need for such understanding :
at this transitional time in the history of the American people , the requirement for
...
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We need additional understanding if ever we are to cope with the problems
posed by disease and deterioration of the environment, to enhance our
understanding of the opportunities in space and in the oceans for conservation of
our natural ...
We need additional understanding if ever we are to cope with the problems
posed by disease and deterioration of the environment, to enhance our
understanding of the opportunities in space and in the oceans for conservation of
our natural ...
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Page 401 - Science, and in 1914 he was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Melbourne.
Page 395 - Chairman; one representative from the Office of Science and Technology in the Executive Office of the President...
Page 408 - Rational Descriptions. Decisions and Designs, is now in press. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers : the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ; and the American Society for Engineering Education.
Page 127 - Exchange is supported jointly by the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the National Science Foundation, the Veterans' Administration, the Federal Aviation Agency, and the Smithsonian Institution which also acts as the contracting agency.
Page 122 - ... to explain" the work. Let the explanation go before the work, It is well sometimes to require the pupil to go through the whole problem step by step, telling what is to be done, and why it is to be done, before a single figure is written or a single operation is performed.
Page 408 - Relations and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Page 460 - It would not be in the national interest to exploit space science at the cost of weakening our efforts in other scientific endeavors. This need not happen if we plan our national program for space science and technology as part of a balanced national effort in all science and technology.
Page 498 - Foundation consists of a National Endowment for the Arts, a National Endowment for the Humanities, and a Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
Page 449 - If, as has been proposed, a less comprehensive "Department of Science were created — by consolidation of the Atomic Energy Commission, National Science Foundation, National Bureau •of Standards, and other agencies I talked about earlier — their operations might be made more effective. There would still be need, however, to coordinate and integrate their activities with that of the mission-oriented agencies having related scientific and technical programs. In other words, the OST is neither...
Page 405 - Seaborg is a member of the leading national and international scientific societies, including the National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Chemical Society, American Nuclear Society, American Physical Society...
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| Title | Centralization of Federal Science Activities: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, Volume 2 Centralization of Federal Science Activities: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 8 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 505 pages |
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