Science Policy Study : Background Report No. 3: The Nobel-Prize Awards in Science As a Measure of National Strength in Science.

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

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1 online resource (206 pages) : digital, PDF file

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1986.

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Appendix (pages 73-192) includes biographical and research-related information concerning the 229 Nobel laureates in science since 1945.

Committee Serial S. Third in series of background reports prepared for the Task Force on Science Policy. This study, prepared by Christopher T. Hill and Joan D. Winston (CRS), assesses the validity of using the number of Nobel Prizes won since 1945 in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine by citizens of a country as a measure of that country's relative strength in science.

Includes tables and graphs throughout.

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CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Science Policy Study,. 86-H702-13

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