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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sloan Foundation -- Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America (ASTRA) -- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) -- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) -- American Institute of Physics (AIP) -- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) -- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) -- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) -- American Society of Mechanical Engineers International (ASME) -- Building Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) -- Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) -- Coalition of the Concerned for the Vitality of the Science and Engineering Workforce -- Council on Competitiveness -- Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST) -- Educational Testing Service (ETS) -- Global Alliance -- Industrial Research Institute (IRI) -- Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-United States of America (IEEE-USA) -- MentorNet -- National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) -- National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) -- The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM) -- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) -- National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) -- Partnership for Public Service (PPS) -- Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) -- RAND -- Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society -- Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) -- Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN) -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix A-Keynote Speaker Addresses -- Appendix B-Nonprofit Organizations Participating in the Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Prospects for Consolidating the American Nation"This Most August Sovereign"; Elites in the American Republic; Bache's Program for National Consolidation II; The United States Coast Survey; The National Institute; Bache's Speech at the 1844 Meeting of the National Institute; European Conditions; Guarding the Palladium; American Science by an American Union; Bache's Program for National Consolidation III; The American Association for the Advancement of Science; Bache's 1851 Speech as Outgoing AAAS President; Bache, Benjamin Peirce, and the Lazzaroni in 1854; A National Club…”

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. …”

“…Professor Chen is a fellow of the IEEE and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. * 77 chapters encompass the entire field of electrical engineering. * THOUSANDS of valuable figures, tables, formulas, and definitions. * Extensive bibliographic references…”

“…Teich, Director, Science & Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA This wide ranging collection of essays is an excellent way to enter the too often neglected territory of how science and science education relate to larger socio-cultural world views. …”

“…He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has held several national offices in the ASA and has served as associate editor of journals of the ASA as well as for other journals in statistics and computing. …”

“…Darüber hinaus ist er Fellow von Andrew Carnegie sowie der Association for Computing Machinery und der American Association for the Advancement of Science…”