Cites statistics of a National Science Foundation report on scientists and engineers in 1974. Reports that chemists are better educated, older, have a better chance of being employed, and do more work for industry, than other scientific personnel. (MLH)

Provides a personalized view of Frank Press, the science advisor to President Carter, his role as science advisor, and a review of issues under study by the science advisor staff. (SL)

Selected are three pioneers who invented the history of technology: Abbott P. Usher, Lewis Mumford, and Sigfried Giedion. Their careers, publications, and contributions to the history of technology are described. (YP)

Presents the rationale and purposes behind the phenomenon known as storm chasing, as well as the contributions that tornado chasers have made to both scientific knowledge and public safety. Provides statistical information on tornado frequencies and locations and contact addresses for storm chasers. (JJK)

The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) is a joint collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory. The CfA's research mission is the study of the origin, evolution, and ultimate fate of the universe. This 16-page booklet profiles women in the physical sciences or related fields; it…

This report forms an integral part of a study conducted by the Committee on the Education and Utilization of the Engineer, under the auspices of the National Research Council. Five major tasks undertaken by the panel were: (1) defining engineering; (2) determining influences on the engineering community, including external influences and internal…

This booklet contains illustrations of the upper atmosphere, describes some recent discoveries, and suggests future research questions. It contains many color photographs. Sections include: (1) "Where Does Space Begin?"; (2) "Importance of the Upper Atmosphere" (including neutral atmosphere, ionized regions, and balloon and investigations); (3)…

This guide offers a review of the literature in the Library of Congress on foreign and international science policy. It lists relevant sources of information on how science policy is formulated as well as its effects on the development of scientific and technical knowledge. The science policy of nations other than the United States, collaboration…

Presents a re-evaluation of the level of unemployment among bioscientists from a new analysis of the data collected in the 1973 manpower survey conducted by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. (JR)

Reports on a survey of chemistry departments designed to obtain data about the composition by sex and minority group membership of faculty, graduate students, postdoctorates, and persons granted Ph.D.'s. Other data deal with the placement of persons granted Ph.D.'s in 1972-73 and the capacity of the departments for graduate students. (GS)

Summarizes a study that compares matched sets of Ph.D.'s from the classes of 1950, 1960, and 1968 as to marital status, employment, publications, income, and attitudes. (GS)

REPORTED IS A SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONS. SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN STUDENTS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS ATTENDED BY 260 STUDENT DELEGATES FROM 140 COLLEGES, AS WELL AS BY 600 GUESTS INCLUDING COLLEGE DEANS, HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE COUNSELORS, WOMEN PROFESSIONALLY EMPLOYED IN SCIENCE,…

This directory of the Assembly of Life Sciences (ALS), National Research Council, reflects the status of all committees, their membership, Corresponding Societies, and ALS staff as of October, 1978. Organization charts illustrate the relationship between the Assembly of Life Sciences and the general structure of the National Academy of Sciences,…

This report is one in a series about the status and characteristics of the science and engineering populations. Data for the study were generated by a 1970 national survey by the Bureau of the Census and updated in 1972 by the National Science Foundation. Presented in this report are selected economic characteristics of persons defined as…

The author presents both optimistic and pessimistic news about the future use of technicians in management and supervisory positions. He is optimistic because of the efforts by industry and education to solve difficulty personnel problems; pessimistic because of the complexity of the organizational structure necessary to manage technical…