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The Smithsonian Institution
Paul Oehser' s important book on the Smithsonian Institution was originally published in 1970 and was based in part on an earlier volume, Sons of Science, he had written in 1949. A variety of books have been written about the Smithsonian Institution histories, biographies, picture books, guidebooks-and there will be many more. But I have yet to find one that tells the whole story or gets the picture exactly right. The viewpoint makes the difference. Many extraordinary events have occurred in forwarding the mission of the Smithsonian Institution itself, helped by the great development of communications, of transportation, and, of course, the present and future massive evolution in the instant interplay of exchange of ideas coming both now and in the future with technology. Presumably in another ten years the Smithsonian Institution will be actively involved in transmission of information via satellites, TV extensions in the home, computer retrieval of information, and all the other technological wonders now developing around the United States. This is a time of change, and it is meet and right that the Smithsonian should be in the forefront of change.
The Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution has grown and prospered since the first edition of this book appeared in 1970, and Paul Oehser's revised edition is badly needed. New and expanded structures (the Air and Space Museum, the Hirshhorn, the National Museum of American Art, the National Portrait Gallery) and new undertakings (Smithsonian magazine, the Handbook of North American Indians series, the Woodrow Wilson Center, and prestigious symposia) richly serve the original purpose James Smithson envisioned in his will: " To found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The heart of Oehser's original work has b...
Sons of Science
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