50 YEARS AGO

摘要

In the fifth of its reports, "Federal Funds for Science", the National Science Foundation analyses the U.S. Federal research and development budget for the fiscal years 1955,1956 and 1957... The total U.S. Federal Government expenditure on research and development is estimated at about 2,300 million, 2,400 million and 2,700 million dollars in 1955, 1956 and 1957, respectively... In scientific fields, the physical sciences (including engineering sciences) continued to claim the major share, the proportion during 1955-57 being 87 percent compared with 11 per cent for the biological sciences and 2 per cent for the social sciences.