Science and Technology: The Challenges of the Future. Proceedings of the NBS 80th Anniversary Colloquium Series. February-March 1981

摘要

Challenges to science and technology in the 1980s are discussed in a series of six lectures by distinguished speakers. In the first lecture, Dr. Lewis Branscomb, Vice President and Chief Scientist of IBM, discusses the roles of the Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation in the future. Mr. William Carey, Executive Officer, AAAS, follows with his views on the interrelationships between Government, science and the society in the 80s. Dr. Arthur Bueche, Senior Vice President, General Electric Company, focuses specifically on Government-industry relationships in the 1980s. In the next lecture, Dr. Arno Penzias of Bell Laboratories shares his thoughts and ideas about managing research in a changing environment. Mr. William Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of SRI International, then discusses the national technological edge that the United States possesses in computer software. In the last lecture, Professor Richard Nelson of Yale University relates technological advantages to productivity and growth from an economical point of view.