Indicates that key management positions in technology-based companies go to nontechnologists because many technologists are incompetent at management tasks. Discusses reasons for and issues related to this trend, suggesting that the United States look to French and Japanese approaches in building a new system of science/engineering management. (JN)

Many talented physicists who fled Europe during the rise of fascist regimes came to the United States to escape various kinds of persecution. The role and accomplishments of these scientists in enriching the science community in the United States are discussed. (JN)

Reports that scientists prefer direct contact with journalists and believe that public information officers play a minor role in disseminating research findings. (FL)

Discusses the successes of the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education and lists its 400 participants. (MLH)

Describes the background of the Secretary of Defense, Harold Brown. (SL)

Science is described as a social system of which interactive communication is the salient feature. Implications of this view of scientific communication are considered for the planning of innovations in the system. (Author)

This paper focuses on scientists' views of scientific models and their use in authentic practice. Participants were 24 scientists, averaging 25 years research experience, representing four discipline areas. Views of scientific models were assessed through an open-ended questionnaire ("VNOS-Sci") and interviews. The scientists described models…

Scientists and other scholars are experts in their fields and their knowledge and advice should be solicited on issues concerning science, technology, and related social and political decisions. The government should encourage the formation of groups of such people instead of dismantling those that exist. (PS)

This article sets forth some of the newer methods for the rapid dissemination of scientific and technological information among scientists. Presently, it might take six months to one year before an interested scientist sees an article and by this time efforts might have been wasted or duplicated. (4 references) (Author)

Darwin's impact on science is perhaps greater than that of most contemporary and recent scientists. His views on moral values, humbleness, integrated search for truth instead of specialized study, and nature study are in contrast to many typical modern scientists. (PS)

Discusses the difficulties associated with maintaining the absolutely essential flow of independent and socially aware minds into science, especially those created by the tendencies to scientism in existing science.'' (Author/AL)

Scientists and social scientists do not differ to any large extent in their information seeking behavior. However, the extent of use of different methods and the degrees of problems created do vary and account for the differences in the information seeking behavior of scientists and social scientists. (27 references) (Author/SJ)

Many benefits that the profession is getting may end with the reduction of grant support. Review of current duplication of services needed. (DF)