Sputnik, scientists, and Eisenhower
Subtitle: a memoir of the first special assistant to the President for science and technology
By: James R. Killian, Jr.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-; Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1890-1969; Science and state -- United States; Technology and state -- United States; United States -- History -- Sources
Notes: Bibliography: p. [303]-305.
Includes index.
Table of contents: label: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
title: xi; label: SOME ACRONYMS FOUND IN THIS MEMOIR
title: xiv; label: INTRODUCTION
title: xv; label: 1 SPUTNIK AND ITS SHOCK WAVES
title: 1; label: My Reactions
title: 2; label: Public Reactions
title: 7; label: The President Seeks Advice
title: 12; label: A Historic Meeting
title: 15; label: Science Advice for the President
title: 16; label: 2 TO REASSURE THE NATION
title: 19; label: My Appointment as Special Assistant for Science and Technology
title: 20; label: Reactions: Missile Czar?
title: 30; label: My Responsibilities
title: 33; label: My Maiden Speech
title: 38; label: 3 DIVAGATION ON THE WHITE HOUSE ENVIRONMENT
title: 41; label: The Physical and Social Milieu
title: 41; label: "Scientists Shine at Dinner"
title: 45; label: On Cabinet Officers and the White House Staff
title: 46; label: The National Security Council
title: 51; label: 4 SCIENCE ADVICE BEFORE SPUTNIK
title: 55; label: Past Presidential Actions in Support of Science
title: 55; label: Truman Appoints a Science Advisory Committee(ODM-SAC)
title: 60; label: Eisenhower's Technological Capabilities Panel
title: 67; label: Digression on the Abolishment of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
title: 93; label: The Security Resources Panel Report(The 1957 Gaither Report)
title: 96; label: Summer Studies
title: 102; label: 5 EISENHOWER'S SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
title: 107; label: Profile of PSAC
title: 107; label: Major Items on PSAC's Agenda
title: 117; label: My Decision to Resign
title: 205; label: 6 EISENHOWER: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION
title: 217; label: The President Suffers a Mild Stroke
title: 230; label: With the President's Supporting Troops in Paris
title: 231; label: Eisenhower's Farewell Address
title: 237; label: Last Days
title: 239; label: 7 AFTERVIEW
title: 243; label: The Continuing Need for Science Advice
title: 243; label: The Campaign to Restore Science Advice to the White House
title: 254; label: It Changed My Life
title: 259; label: NOTES
title: 265; label: APPENDIXES
title: 275; label: 1. Terms of Reference for Proposed Appointment of Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
title: 275; label: Terms of Reference for Proposed President's Science Advisory Committee
title: 276; label: 2. The President's Science Advisory Committee and Its Consultants as of 1 December 1957
title: 277; label: 3. Memorandum for the President: Organization for Civil Space Programs 5 March 1958
title: 280; label: 4. Introduction to Outer Space: A Statement by the President and an Explanatory Statement Prepared by the President's Science Advisory Committee 26 March 1958
title: 288; label: 5. Statement of the Science Advisory Committee on the Detection and Identification of Underground Nuclear Tests 5 January 1959
title: 300; label: 6. 1955-1959 Reports of the Science Advisory Committee Publicly Available as of 1977
title: 302; label: SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
title: 303; label: INDEX
title: 307