Unlocking Our Future: Toward a New National Science Policy. A Report to Congress211 by the House Committee on Science, September 24, 1998

摘要

The notion of state support for scientific research has existed for centuries;211u001eFrancis Bacon called for such funding as far back as the early 1600s, and some 211u001emonarchs and nobles responded to his call. It was not until 1862, however, when 211u001ethe Land Grant Colleges were established, that the United States began to 211u001eorganize and provide federal support for its science and engineering enterprise. 211u001eEven so, it took until the outbreak of World War II for the Nation to fully grasp 211u001ethe benefits of substantial federal support for scientific research. It was at 211u001ethe culmination of that war, fresh from its lessons, that Vannevar Bush wrote his 211u001eseminal document Science: The Endless Frontier.