Presents a close look at three of the many successful physically handicapped research biologists: one is deaf, one blind, and one uses a wheelchair. (BB)

Reports on a series of suggestions to save skylab from falling into the earth's atmosphere and being destroyed. (CP)

Describes the Biblio-Profile, which is a brief state-of-the-art report on a specific topic followed by a comprehensive bibliography. (Author)

Discussion of the debate in the information science profession over whether a code of ethics would be useful presents sample issues and places them in historical and philosophical frameworks for considering the tension between knowledge and power. Practical guidelines are offered to help information professionals act out of wisdom. (Author/EM)

Provides highlights of the 1985 American Chemical Society survey, which differs from previous surveys in that all United States members were targeted. Responses from approximately 44,000 members are summarized for such areas as sex, race, salaries, and type of employer. Indicates that the profession is dominated by white males. (JN)

Discusses the effects of microcomputers on online services and products from the perspectives of the major participants in the online industry--database creators and providers; service or network operators; libraries and information brokers; and end users. Ongoing developments and trends affecting participant groups are reviewed. Three references…

In this first of two installments, a description of the interactions of numerical databases (NDBs) for science with the various community sectors highlights data evaluation and the roles that NDBs will likely play. Twenty-four studies and articles dealing with needs for reliable physical, chemical, and mechanical property data are noted. (EJS)

Reveals that under some circumstances, public relations activities have no relationship or "effect" on media visibility independent of the news value characteristics of the organizations for which they are working. (FL)

Presents highlights of the history of chemical education for each 50-year period between 1776 and the present. (MLH)

Discusses the chemistry curricula of the 40 educational institutions established in America prior to 1820. (MLH)

Presents a lecture on why substances of nature combine, written as though it were composed by Joseph Priestley. (MLH)

Described are the efforts being made in the Sudan to develop a significant scientific community. (SL)

Presented is a review and assessment of the quality of contemporary scientific publications utilizing citations analysis as an attempt to measure the quality of current scientific productivity. (SL)

This paper considers some themes that I have discussed before at this seminar in previous years, namely the different perceptions of the best ways to teach chemistry in the nineteenth and early twentieth century between British and American chemists. In this paper I will examine the biographies of a number of nineteenth century British and…

This report presents detailed statistical tables that reflect the demographic and employment characteristics of doctoral degree holding scientists and engineers in the United States. The data were collected from the 1999 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) with the purpose of providing information to researchers and policymakers in their decision…