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(SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE USA charts the major r&d 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 r&d endeavours. It is the fifth volume in the Longman Guide to World Science and Technology
The book commences with chapters on demography, organization of science and technology, and policy and finance for science and technology. This is followed by chapters on science and technology capabilities and activities in government, in higher education, industry and nonprofit institutions. Chapters follow on topic areas: agriculture, biomedicine. energy, environment, aerospace, defence, physical sciences and engineering, and social and behavioural sciences. The book concludes with important accounts of associations, societies, and academies, international cooperation in science and technology, and scientific and technical information.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 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 Adler. an attorney at Lowe. King. Price and Becker: Dennis Mcintosh.
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- PublisherGale / Cengage Learning
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0582900611
- ISBN 13 9780582900615
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages436
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Science and Technology in the USA
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Longman, Harlow, Essex, 1986
ISBN 10: 0582900611
ISBN 13: 9780582900615
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Printed Boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Covers the major US scientific and technical r&d endeavours. Ex library Royal Arsenal, Woolwich with stamps to title page. 408pp. Near fine throughout. Size: 240x160mm. Seller Inventory # 10913s70
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Science and Technology in the USA: Longman Guide to World Science and Technology
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Longman, Burnt Mill, Harlow, U.K., 1986
ISBN 10: 0582900611
ISBN 13: 9780582900615
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Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: very good. Updated Edition. 24 cm, 408 pages, figures, tables, appendices, index, sticker residue on front board. The earlier edition of this book appeared in 1975. Albert H. Teich has been Director of Science and Policy Programs at the venerable American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1990 and has held positions at George Washington University, the State University of New York, and Syracuse University. He currently chairs the Advisory Board of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, serves on advisory boards at Columbia University and the Loka Institute, and is Codirector of the new Center for Innovation Policy Research and Education in Budapest. A widely quoted, well-known author and speaker on science and technology policy, Dr. Teich is an advisory board member for several scientific journals and a consultant to various companies and organizations. Dr. Teich holds a BS in physics and a PhD in political science, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Seller Inventory # 22890
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