Research Catalog

Title

Science and the future Navy : a symposium in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Office of Naval Research.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy of Sciences, 1977.

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Additional Authors

National Research Council (U.S.). Naval Studies Board.

Description

ix, 115 p. : ill.; 27 cm.

Subjects

• United States
• United States > Office of Naval Research
• United States > Navy
• Military Science
• Congress

Genre/Form

Congress

Note

• "These proceedings are the record of a symposium held on October 27 and 28, 1976".--Foreward.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction to the symposium / Philip Handler -- Keynote address : The Navy and its third century / J.L. Holloway III -- Session I. Introduction to Session I / J. William Middendorf II -- The Navy and the scientific endeavor / Elting Morison -- Science and the military mission / Edward Teller -- Technology and the national economy / Robert Gilpin -- Session II. Introduction to Session II / H. Tyler Marcy -- Technological opportunities and the next generation Navy / W.H. Pickering -- Weather and climate under the sea - the Navy's habitat / Walter Munk and Peter Worcester -- Frontiers in biomedicine and biomedical technology / Lewis Thomas -- The emergent Navy : calling, profession, or occupation? / Charles C. Moskos, Jr. -- Session III. Introduction to Session III / Malcolm R. Currie -- Space research - a forward look / Ivan Bekey -- The era of computation plenty - and beyond / Lewis M. Branscomb -- Probing the universe : Big Bang, black holes, neutrinos, and gravitational waves / Kip S. Thorne -- Closing remarks / William P. Raney -- Office of Naval Research thirtieth anniversary banquet address / David Packard.

OCLC

• 3655505
• SCSB-14246538

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Harvard Library