Figure 24 



Estimated Expenditures for Basic Research in 

 Universities and Colleges, by Field of Science, 1964-72 



Current dollars 



(Millions of Dollars] 

 600 



Biological 

 sciences 



Clinical 

 medicine 



Engineering 



Social 

 sciences 



Physics 



Environmental 

 sciences 



Chemistry 

 Psychology 



Mathematical 



& computer 



sciences 



Astronomy 



Constant 1961 dollars' 



1964 66 



la) Academic R&D price deflalot 

 SOURCE National Science Foundation, 



38 



