Science, technology, and competitiveness : retrospective on a symposium in celebration of NIST's 90th anniversary of the Gaithersburg laboratories, November 14-15, 1991 /
Hixenbaugh, G. W.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Gaithersburg, MD : U.S. Department of Commerce, Technology Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology ; Washington, DC : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
1996.
"Issued October 1996."
Includes bibliographical references.
Welcome and introduction to the symposium / John W. Lyons -- Technology and competitiveness / Robert A. Frosch -- Emerging technologies / Robert W. Lucky -- Gaining new ground / Bobby R. Inman -- View from commerce / Robert M. White -- View from the congress / George Brown -- Education and the American workforce / Erich Bloch -- Introduction of discussion panel / John W. Lyons -- Discussion panel / Robert M. White ... [et al.] -- Introduction of Clive Willis / John W. Lyons -- Greetings from the national research council of Canada / Clive Willis -- Introduction of Norman F. Ramsey / John W. Lyons --Science as a source of new technologies / Norman F. Ramsey -- Future of NIST and introduction of NIST reports / John W. Lyons -- The optical revolution in electronics / Robert A. Kamper -- A theory of intelligence / James S. Albus -- Chemical compositional mapping at the micrometer scale-and finer / Dale E. Newbury -- Molecular dynamics on surfaces / John C. Stephenson -- Surface force measurements / Roger Horn -- Methods of predicting fire hazards to occupants / Richard G. Gann -- Measuring and characterizing computer performance / Robert J. Carpenter -- Applying computation geometry : robustness vs. efficiency / Francis E. Sullivan and Isabel Beichl.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Technology and state
Science and state
Research, Industrial
Competition