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Considers. H.R. 9361, the Marine Sciences and Research Act of 1959, to authorize implementation of policies expressed in S. Res. 136 and coordination with Navy Dept "Ten Years in Oceanography" (TENOC) program to establish a Government wide ten year program of ocean and marine research and development. H.R. 10412, to establish a Coordinating Committee on Oceanographic Surveys consisting of representatives of Federal agencies conducting oceanographic surveys. H.R. 12018, to establish a National Oceanographic Data Center under the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in the Commerce Dept.
The World Guide to Special Libraries lists about 35,000 libraries world wide categorized by more than 800 key words - including libraries of departments, institutes, hospitals, schools, companies, administrative bodies, foundations, associations and religious communities. It provides complete details of the libraries and their holdings, and alphabetical indexes of subjects and institutions.
This book focuses on current practices in scientific and technical communication, historical aspects, and characteristics and bibliographic control of various forms of scientific and technical literature. It integrates the inventory approach for scientific and technical communication.
First published in 1989, Eric L. Mills’s comprehensive history of biological oceanography has been praised as ‘superb’ (BioScience) and ‘proof that history need not be dull’ (The Northern Mariner). This first history of the field, which chronicles the scientific work and creativity of its chief contributors, tells a riveting story that is far from narrowly scientific and thoroughly accessible to general readers. Mills shows how the work and ideas of the main actors are inseparable from some seemingly unrelated factors, including Prussian imperialism, agricultural chemistry, microbiology, and the problems of German universities. Mills also illustrates the significant roles played in...
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