Materials and man's needs. Volume 4, Aspects of materials technology abroad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Science and Public Policy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials--Research.

Materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington : National Academy of Sciences, 1975.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""MATERIALS AND MAN'S NEEDS""; ""PREFACE""; ""MATERIALS AND MAN'S NEEDS""; ""Contents""; ""CHAPTER 8 ASPECTS OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY ABROAD""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""On Making International Comparisons""; ""Some Historical Perspectives""; ""Time Factors in the Diffusion of Technology""; ""NATIONAL POLICIES FOR SCIENCE AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY""; ""Introduction""; ""National Goals""; ""National Strategies and Tactics in the Materials Field""; ""Some Examples of National Policies in Science and Engineering""; ""United Kingdom""; ""France""; ""U.S.S.R.""

""Science and the Acceleration of Technical Progress Pravda, March 31, 1970, p. 6""""The Scope of Research""; ""Avoid Lost Time""; ""In Cooperation with Engineers""; ""From Department to Shop""; ""Japan""; ""Some Particular Aspects of National Technological Policy""; ""The Implications of National Goals for Research Strategies""; ""NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURES FOR RESEARCH""; ""General Outlines of Administrative Structures""; ""United Kingdom""; ""Germany""; ""France""; ""U.S.S.R.""; ""Czechoslovakia""; ""Japan""; ""Other Countries""; ""Centralized or Decentralized Administration?""

""Discussion of Administrative Structures in the U.S.S.R. and the U.K.""""U.S.S.R.""; ""U.K.: The Rothschild-Dainton Debate""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF MATERIALS RESEARCH IN THE U.S.""; ""EDUCATION""; ""Statistical Information on Scientists and Engineers""; ""Curricula and Interdisciplinary Education for the Materials Field""; ""An Interdisciplinary University""; ""United Kingdom""; ""Japan""; ""Education in Materials Science and Engineering""; ""Solid-State Physics in Japan""; ""France""; ""U.S.S.R.""; ""RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""Statistical Information""

""Japan""""Promotion of Basic Science""; ""Promotion of R&D for National Projects""; ""Organizational Measures for Implementing R&D Programs""; ""National Research and Development Program""; ""Recent Trends in Japanese Technology Emphasis""; ""Recent Trends in Research and Development Expenditures in Japan""; ""Industrial R&D in Japan""; ""U.S.S.R.""; ""Technical Manpower""; ""Some Aspects of Institutional Research""; ""Metallurgy""; ""Solid-State Physics""; ""Germany""; ""Support Structure for Research""; ""Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)""

""Metallurgical Research in German Industry""""United Kingdom""; ""Department of Trade and Industry""; ""Department of Education and Science""; ""Ministry of Defense""; ""Science Research Council (SRC)""; ""Scandinavia""; ""Denmark""; ""Finland""; ""Norway""; ""Sweden""; ""RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTES: INSTITUTIONAL COUPLING""; ""General Remarks""; ""Large Government-Funded Institutes for Initiating Major Civilian Technologies""; ""Government Research and Development Institutes for Technologies where the Government is the Principa...""

""Government-Funded Institutes Directed at Civilian Industries""

Notes:

Prepared under the aegis of the Academy's Committee on Science and Public Policy.

OCLC:

726822985