1981 National Science Foundation Authorization: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6728 (superseded by H.R. 7115) ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 853 pages |
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... scientific enterprise . In such essential areas as food for the world's growing population , new sources of fuel to replace dwindling oil reserves , the fight against disease , and the assurance of national security , we are profoundly ...
... scientific enterprise . In such essential areas as food for the world's growing population , new sources of fuel to replace dwindling oil reserves , the fight against disease , and the assurance of national security , we are profoundly ...
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... scientific work in the continental margins , and also has direct and immediate application to the search for oil . Research on the chemistry of the upper atmosphere has made us aware of potential long - term changes in the ozone shield ...
... scientific work in the continental margins , and also has direct and immediate application to the search for oil . Research on the chemistry of the upper atmosphere has made us aware of potential long - term changes in the ozone shield ...
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... scientific knowledge today consists of dusty reports lying forgotten on a library shelf too many people are eagerly awaiting the latest developments in fundamental knowledge . These developments in the seventies have been possible ...
... scientific knowledge today consists of dusty reports lying forgotten on a library shelf too many people are eagerly awaiting the latest developments in fundamental knowledge . These developments in the seventies have been possible ...
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... scientific agreements were signed with many countries . The increased exchange of scientific information laid the groundwork for many other types of exchange and communication . The recent agreements with the People's Republic of China ...
... scientific agreements were signed with many countries . The increased exchange of scientific information laid the groundwork for many other types of exchange and communication . The recent agreements with the People's Republic of China ...
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... scientific unknown in geology today , and they are also the largest unexplored area where we might expect to find hydrocarbons . The bulk of the sediments are in water more than 6,000 feet deep , too deep for any existing drill ship to ...
... scientific unknown in geology today , and they are also the largest unexplored area where we might expect to find hydrocarbons . The bulk of the sediments are in water more than 6,000 feet deep , too deep for any existing drill ship to ...
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Page 295 - Contractor, was then of said Corporation; that said Contract was duly signed for and in behalf of said Corporation by authority of its governing body, and is within the scope of its corporate powers.
Page 631 - Foundation is authorized and directed — (1) to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences...
Page 631 - to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences." It is, first, nearly impossible to carry out scientific research in an academic institution without science education occurring simultaneously, and that is true both in the graduate research universities and in our undergraduate colleges where faculty are joined in their research by students. Second, without science education today there would be no scientists trained to carry...
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Page 253 - Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President and to serve as Science and Technology Adviser to the President.
Page 57 - Pimentel received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1943.
Page 19 - Activity seeks to strengthen the Nation's engineering and applied science research base and enhance the links between fundamental research and applications in addressing selected national goals. This is accomplished by identifying and supporting basic research across a broad spectrum of the engineering sciences, applied research, and related activities that have the highest potential for contributing to the understanding and resolution of significant societal problems.
Page 182 - Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Department of the Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
Page 285 - OFFICIALS NOT TO BENEFIT No member of or delegate to Congress, or resident commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom; but this provision shall not be construed to extend to this Agreement if made with a corporation for its general benefit.