The Status of Soviet Civil Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Soviet Scientific-Technical Revolution: Education of Cadres

      • Harley D. Balzer

      Pages 3-18

   3. Soviet Secondary School Mathematics and Science Programs

      • Izaak Wirszup

      Pages 19-47

   4. Commentary

      • John Dunstan

      Pages 49-54

3. Scientific Organization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. Soviet Organization of International Scientific Contacts

      • Yakov M. Rabkin

      Pages 57-82

   3. The Academy of Sciences and the Restructuring of R&D in the Soviet Union

      • Georges Matcheret

      Pages 83-96

   4. Recent Developments in the Administration of Branch Ministry Research

      • Stephen Fortescue

      Pages 97-117

   5. Commentary

      • John R. Thomas

      Pages 119-123

4. Information and Instrumentation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Information Flows in Soviet Research and Development

      • Bruce Parrott

      Pages 127-142

   3. Information Channels for Science and Technology

      • Marcel Semeria

      Pages 143-149

   4. Computer Networks in the Soviet Scientific Community

      • William K. McHenry

      Pages 151-175

   5. Franco-Soviet Exchanges in Science and Technology: Instrumentation

      • Gérard Mavel

      Pages 177-181

   6. Commentary

      • Peter H. Kneen

      Pages 183-186

5. Scientific Experience Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187

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   2. Cosmic Physics: A Case Study

      • A. W. Wolfendale

      Pages 189-195

   3. Soviet Science in the Materials World

      • Nicholas J. Grant

      Pages 197-204

   4. Research in Small Groups: The Case of Positron Annihilation

      • Ole E. Mogensen

      Pages 205-209

This volume represents one outcome of the initiatives, taken from time to time by the NATO Science Committee, to add to the work of supporting civil science within the Alliance by mounting open meetings or other projects dealing with some topical aspect of science and technology policy. Past examples have included the 20th anniversary meeting of the establish­ ment of the Science Committee in 1978 which made a review of the achieve­ ments of the various programmes. It proved to be a valuable opportunity to take stock of the impact of science and technology on Western societies and was a particularly useful occasion for a critical analysis of the changing nature and social role of science and technology. In contrast, the Science Committee Conferences in 1973, and 1976, on the 'Technology of Efficient Energy Utilization' and on 'Thermal Energy Storage' were responses of the Committee to specific technological problems, engendered by the then acute energy supply position. A similar technologically oriented study was made in 1975 of the 'Rational Use of Potentially Scarce Metals'. These initiatives were the counterpoint to the bulk of the continuing work of the Committee in funding scientific mobility in the Alliance, as support to civil science. This latter is done competitively in response to unsolicited applications. The Committee hopes to demon­ strate, by its special activities, its flexibility and responsiveness to the evolving activities, technologists and policy makers.

• Computer
• Evolution
• Nation
• Revolution
• USSR
• education

• Advanced Study Institutes Programme, Scientific Affairs Division, NATO, Brussels, Belgium

  Craig Sinclair

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