Science and Technology in the United States of America (Cartermill guides to world science & technology) - Hardcover

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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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