Describes the Arizona State University library's system for altering science faculty members to new materials in their areas of interest. (PF)

The biggest breakthrough in medical research may well be the broad-spectrum drugs called prostaglandins. (Editor)

Discusses a report prepared by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which concludes that the issues of scientific freedom and responsibility are inseparable. The report declares that scientific freedom is necessary for the advancement of knowledge, but that certain areas of research, such as that involving human test subjects,…

This document provides tabular data on scientists, engineers, and technicians in manufacturing industries for 1980, as well as in non-manufacturing industries for 1981. The tables are arranged in six sections. The first three sections focus on scientists, engineers, and technicians in manufacturing industries for 1980 by major occupational group…

Economics does not have sharply delineated boundaries, but the domain has been defined broadly, and differently, from time-to-time. Currently, the contents of economics can be divided into the following broad areas: macroeconomics, microeconomics, and development economics. Most economists specialize in one or more of the more narrowly defined…

The employment outlook for chemists and chemical engineers is clearly improving. Data supporting this conclusion are presented. (Author/RH)

Discusses the origins of the President's Science Adviser and his Science Advisory Committee and the National Science Foundation. (RH)

Concern over the impact of extremism in science is expressed. The need for the balanced view that both innovates and conserves effectively is emphasized. (DT)

In a world increasingly concerned about the social results of scientific discovery and technical change, we tend to lose sight of the artist as inventor and human being. Creative talent needs opportunity lest it continue to be almost as rare as the genius of the great scientist. (Editor/JR)

Using sociometric techniques and ratings of professional status as a researcher, a highly elite invisible college was identified. The study was performed in the context of high energy physics. (Author/JB)

Between 1966 and 1975, 100,000 scientists and engineers emigrated to the U.S. Of these, 62,000 entered as permanent immigrants and the remainder as temporary visitors, subsequently changing their status to become permanent immigrants. This report summarizes the trends of scientist and engineer (S/E) immigration of the 1966-75 time period and…

Describes the newly formed British Council for Science and Society, the purpose of which is to identify specific developments in science and technology whose social consequences lie just over the horizon. (BR)

Using the Velikovsky affair, the author describes how scientists are often constrained by their own ideas and sometimes have difficulty observing phenomena from a new point of view. (BR)

This collection of four essays brings together the outer, external public aspect of scientific activities, and the internal, private world of scientific thought. Originally delivered as lectures at Johns Hopkins University for the Shell Companies Foundation Lectures on Science, Technology, and Society, these essays touch upon the broader aspects…