Science and Technology in the USA

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Edited by Albert H. Teich Jill H. Pace C . v
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE USA charts the major rd programmes now underway in the USA, and names the major laboratories in that country. This book is the first to present between one set of covers the major US scientific and technical rd endeavours. It is the fifth volume.ip the iongman Guide Jo World Science and Technology series, i' ^ - " ^ ' " ^
The book, commences.with chapters on dempgrap^, organization of science and technology, ahd^policy and financfor scTence and technology. This is follow^.hyicHapters on scieaCe an^ technology . capabilities and activities in gcfve/nmentip hjgher e(^atign,lridustry and nonprofit inStitutions,Xhapters follow on t6pic7areas: agriculture, biomedicine, energy, environment,^aerospace, deffence,%)h.v;.^cal sciences and engineeiring, and social and behivioural sciehceSi The book concludes with important accounts of associations, societies, and academies, international cooperation... Tovább

Fülszöveg

sr
IIV Ml w
Edited by Albert H. Teich Jill H. Pace C . v
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE USA charts the major rd programmes now underway in the USA, and names the major laboratories in that country. This book is the first to present between one set of covers the major US scientific and technical rd endeavours. It is the fifth volume.ip the iongman Guide Jo World Science and Technology series, i' ^ - " ^ ' " ^
The book, commences.with chapters on dempgrap^, organization of science and technology, ahd^policy and financfor scTence and technology. This is follow^.hyicHapters on scieaCe an^ technology . capabilities and activities in gcfve/nmentip hjgher e(^atign,lridustry and nonprofit inStitutions,Xhapters follow on t6pic7areas: agriculture, biomedicine, energy, environment,^aerospace, deffence,%)h.v;.^cal sciences and engineeiring, and social and behivioural sciehceSi The book concludes with important accounts of associations, societies, and academies, international cooperation in science and technology, and scientific and technical information. ' ,
SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOiSY IN THE USA is aimed at businessmen who need to be better informed about US science and technology network, at r&d administrators, at grant seekers, at job seekers, at industrial market researchers, and those interested in science policy and science politics.
Albert H. Teich is Head, Office of Public Sector Programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Jill Pace is executive director of the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators. The contributors include; Edward Hunter, National Center for Health Statistics; Jane Engert, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University; Rachel Levinson, National Institutes of Health; Robert Quinn, US Environmental Protection Agency; Kathy H. Conrad, National Society of Professional Engineers; Reid Adier, an attorney at Lowe, King, Price and Becker; Dennis Mcintosh, National Association of Broadcasters; June Wiaz, Julie Early and Susan Levin, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
There is an alphabetical index of establishments mentioned in the text, with page references, and thecie is a subject index. This concludes an easy-to-use reference key for each volume, essential for academics, librarians, research workers and those active in international trade and investment
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