The National Academy of Sciences : the first hundred years, 1863-1963

The National Academy of Sciences the first hundred years, 1863-1963

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Autor principal: Cochrane, Rexmond C. 1912-1986 (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : The Academy 1978.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Learned institutions and societies > United States > History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The National Academy of Sciences
  • Copyright
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • 1 The Academy's Antecedents
  • The European Academies and the Royal Society
  • The American Philosophical Society
  • The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
  • Concern for a National University
  • The Columbian Institute
  • The National Institute
  • 2 Scientists and Scientific Organizations in Mid-Century America
  • The Smithson Bequest
  • Bache and Henry
  • The Program of the Smithsonian
  • Growth and Spread of Scientific Societies
  • Louis Agassiz and His Influence on American Science
  • The American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 3 The Incorporation and Organization of the Academy
  • The Lazzaroni" and Their Influence
  • The Outbreak of the Civil War
  • The Permanent Commission
  • The Drafting of the Academy Bill
  • Reaction to the New Academy
  • The Organization Meeting
  • 4 The Government Calls upon the Academy
  • ALEXANDER DALLAS BACHE (1863-1867)
  • Early Problems and Activities
  • The Illness and Death of Bache
  • 5 Postbellum Years and the Crisis within the Academy
  • JOSEPH HENRY (1868-1878)
  • Crisis within the Academy
  • The Hall Expedition to the Arctic
  • Dearth of Government Requests
  • The Philosophical Society and the Cosmos Club
  • The Committee on Weights and Measures
  • Removal of Restriction on Membership
  • The Silliman-Whitney Controversy
  • The Centennial Observance
  • Illness and Death of Henry
  • Establishment of the U.S. Geological Survey
  • 6 The End of the Nineteenth Century
  • WILLIAM BARTON ROGERS (1879-1882)
  • OTHNIEL CHARLES MARSH (1883-1895)
  • The Allison Commission (1884-1886)
  • Debate of an Expanded Role for the Academy
  • Efforts to Reorganize the Academy
  • WOLCOTT GIBBS (1895-1900)
  • The American Forestry Problem
  • Recognition of the Academy as "High Tribunal.
  • 7 The Academy Marks Its Semicentennial
  • ALEXANDER AGASSIZ (1901-1907)
  • State of Science at the Turn of the Century
  • Academy Efforts on Behalf of the Metric System
  • Efforts for the Extension of Forest Conservation
  • Academy Report on the Philippines
  • New Fields in Academy Membership
  • Hale and International Cooperation
  • IRA REMSEN (1907-1913)
  • The Committee on Scientific Work under the Government
  • The National Conservation Commission
  • Preoccupation with Internal Affairs
  • Steps Toward an "Academy Home
  • Plans for a Commemorative History
  • The Semicentennial Anniversary
  • Hale's Vision for the Future
  • 8 World War I and the Creation of the National Research Council
  • WILLIAM HENRY WELCH (1913-1917)
  • Government Requests to the Academy
  • Organization and Staffing of the National Research Council
  • Resignation of Welch and Election of Walcott
  • CHARLES DOOLITTLE WALCOTT (1917-1923)
  • The Academy and the Wartime Research Council
  • Funding of the Academy's War Effort
  • Military Research Problems
  • Postwar Plans
  • The Executive Order of 1918
  • The Carnegie Corporation Grant
  • National Research Fellowships
  • International Research Council
  • 9 The Research Council's Permanent Status and the Academy's New Home
  • Postwar Organization of the Research Council
  • NRC Policy, Procedures, and Relation to the Academy
  • Activities of the Research Council
  • The Academy Acquires a Home
  • 10 The Twenties: New Horizons in Science
  • ALBERT ABRAHAM MICHELSON (1923-1927)
  • Relations between the Academy and the National Research Council
  • Engineering and Industrial Research
  • Pioneering in the Field of Conservation
  • Efforts on Behalf of Basic Research
  • The Committee on Government Problems
  • THOMAS HUNT MORGAN (1927-1931)
  • The Committee on Oceanography
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Efforts Toward Calendar Reform.
  • The National Research Council and the Chicago World's Fair
  • Committees on Drug Addiction
  • National Research Council Studies in Geophysics and Physics
  • Changes in the Organization of International Science
  • 11 The Academy During the Great Depression
  • WILLIAM WALLACE CAMPBELL (1931-1935)
  • Reorganization of the National Research Council
  • Borderland Science
  • Washington Biophysical Institute
  • Engineering and Industrial Research
  • 12 The New Deal and the Science Advisory Board
  • Creation of the Science Advisory Board
  • Organization and Activities of the Science Advisory Board
  • Recovery Program of Science Progress
  • A New Executive Order Expanding the Science Advisory Board
  • The National Planning Board and Its Successors
  • Division within the Academy Over the Science Advisory Board
  • Failure of Compton's "National Program
  • FRANK RATTRAY LILLIE (1935-1939)
  • Expiration of the Science Advisory Board
  • 13 The Academy in World War II
  • FRANK BALDWIN JEWETT (1939-1947)
  • The Potentialities of Nuclear Fission
  • Vannevar Bush and the National Defense Research Committee
  • Academy and Research Council Committees Under NDRC
  • The Office of Scientific Research and Development
  • The NRC and the Committee on Medical Research
  • Other Academy and Research Council Advisory Committees
  • The Question of an Atomic Bomb
  • The OSRD Office of Field Service
  • Planning for Postwar Science
  • 14 The Postwar Organization of Science
  • Research Board for National Security
  • The First Kilgore Bill
  • Science, the Endless Frontier
  • Hearings on Science Legislation
  • Atomic Energy Legislation
  • New Science Legislation
  • The Dispersal of OSRD
  • The Steelman Report
  • A Restatement of Academy Policy
  • 15 The Years Between the Wars
  • ALFRED NEWTON RICHARDS (1947-1950)
  • The Loyalty Issue
  • Establishment of the National Science Foundation.
  • The Pacific Science Board
  • The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
  • A New Look at Oceanography
  • An Academy Role in International Science Policy
  • A Break with Precedent
  • 16 The Academy in the Fifties - Beginnings of the Space Age
  • DETLEV WULF BRONK (1950-1962)
  • New Relationships Between the Academy and the Research Council
  • Broadened Range of NAS-NRC Activities
  • The Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation (The BEAR Committees)
  • Disposal of Atomic Wastes in the Oceans
  • The AD-X2 Controversy
  • The Impact of the Cold War
  • The International Geophysical Year
  • Project Mohole
  • The Challenge of the Space Age
  • 17 Academy Centennial
  • FREDERICK SEITZ (1962-1969)
  • The National Academy of Engineering
  • Committee on Science and Public Policy
  • Innovations of the Kennedy Years
  • Space Science, Earth Science
  • Big Science, Little Science
  • The Centennial Celebration
  • A Summing-Up
  • Appendix A Act of Incorporation: National Academy of Sciences
  • AMENDMENTS
  • Appendix B Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences at the Meeting Held for Organization in the...
  • 8 O'CLOCK P. M. APRIL 22ND, 1863
  • THURSDAY APRIL 23D, 10 A. M.
  • FRIDAY 10 A. M. APRIL 24TH
  • Class A. Mathematics &amp
  • Physics
  • Class B. Natural History
  • Appendix C Constitution and By-Laws of the National Academy of Sciences, Adopted January 1864
  • PREAMBLE
  • Article I.-Of Members
  • Article II.-Of the Officers
  • Article III.-Of the Meetings
  • Article IV.-Of Elections, Regulations and Expulsions
  • Article V.-Of Scientific Communications, Publications and Reports
  • Article VI.-Of the Property of the Academy
  • Article VII.-Of Additions and Amendments
  • BY-LAWS
  • Of the Officers
  • Of the Meetings
  • Of Elections and Obituaries
  • Of Scientific Communications, Publications and Reports
  • Of the Property of the Academy.
  • Of Changes in the By-Laws
  • Appendix D Members and Foreign Associates of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1963, and Year of Election
  • MEMBERS
  • Foreign Associates
  • Appendix E Officers and Members of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1963
  • OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1863-1963
  • Officers
  • MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 1863- 1963
  • Appendix F Executive Orders Defining the Duties and Functions of the National Research Council
  • EXECUTIVE ORDER
  • EXECUTIVE ORDER
  • Amendment of Executive Order No. 2859 of May 11, 1918, Relating to the National Research Council
  • Appendix G Chairmen of the National Research Council
  • Appendix H Executive Secretaries and Executive Officers of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council
  • Appendix I Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board: Establishment, July 31, 1933
  • Appointment of...
  • EXECUTIVE ORDER
  • Establishment of Science Advisory Board Under the National Research Council
  • EXECUTIVE ORDER
  • Appointment of Additional Members to the Science Advisory Board
  • EXECUTIVE ORDER
  • Continuation of Science Advisory Board Under the National Research Council
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.

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