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on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6728 (superseded by H.R. 7115) ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 853 pages |
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... survey of nine representative re- search universities which account for approximately 15 percent of Federally funded R & D , indicate that there is a combined unmet facilities - equipment need of some $ 225 m / year that has accrued to ...
... survey of nine representative re- search universities which account for approximately 15 percent of Federally funded R & D , indicate that there is a combined unmet facilities - equipment need of some $ 225 m / year that has accrued to ...
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... Survey , 1939-41 ; geologist , Magnolia Petroleum Company , Jackson , Mississippi , 1941-48 ; professor department of geology , Louisiana State University , 1948-55 , chairman of department , 1950-53 , Boyd professor of geology , 1955 ...
... Survey , 1939-41 ; geologist , Magnolia Petroleum Company , Jackson , Mississippi , 1941-48 ; professor department of geology , Louisiana State University , 1948-55 , chairman of department , 1950-53 , Boyd professor of geology , 1955 ...
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... surveys . These should occur prior to the drilling itself which , as you are well aware , would give us considerable information on the layering and stratifica- tion of these rocks , and the thicknesses of the sedimentary materials ...
... surveys . These should occur prior to the drilling itself which , as you are well aware , would give us considerable information on the layering and stratifica- tion of these rocks , and the thicknesses of the sedimentary materials ...
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... survey is now underway . The effort to put together this complex puzzle involves coordinated work by anthropologists , biologists , geologists , and other physical scientists . Teamwork is required to locate sites , reconstruct paleo ...
... survey is now underway . The effort to put together this complex puzzle involves coordinated work by anthropologists , biologists , geologists , and other physical scientists . Teamwork is required to locate sites , reconstruct paleo ...
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... Surveys The increased reliance on sample surveys has been so pervasive that one forgets how new the technique really is . The reason for its popularity is easy to understand when one realizes that a properly selected sample as small as ...
... Surveys The increased reliance on sample surveys has been so pervasive that one forgets how new the technique really is . The reason for its popularity is easy to understand when one realizes that a properly selected sample as small as ...
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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.