Science, technology, and the issues of the eighties
Subtitle: policy outlook : a report prepared for the National Science Foundation in support of the second Five year outlook for science and technology
By: edited by Albert H. Teich and Ray Thornton for the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Contributors: Teich, Albert H.; Thornton, Ray, 1928-; National Science Foundation (U.S.); American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Series: Westview special studies in science, technology, and public policy
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Science and state -- United States -- Congresses.; Technology and state -- United States -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on papers presented at two workshops convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science Nov. 11-13, 1980 in St. Michael's, Md. and Dec. 10-12, 1980 in Hilton Head, S.C.
Table of contents: title: Applying science and technology to public purposes / Richard A. Rettig; title: The institutional climate for innovation in industry / William J. Abernathy and Richard S. Rosenbloom; title: Decision making with modern information and communications technology / Donald J. Hillman; title: Relations of science, government, and industry / Charles Weiner; title: Choosing our pleasures and our poisons / William W. Lowrance; title: Science, technology, and international security / Eugene B. Skolnikoff; title: U.S. policy towards scientific and technological development in the developing countries / Charles Weiss, Jr.; title: U.S. agriculture in the context of the world food situation / Sylvan H. Wittwer; title: Trends and prospects in world population  / Michael Teitelbaum; title: International security implications of materials and energy resource depletion / William A. Vogely; title: Science and national defense / Kenneth E. Boulding.