Attaches. See Scientific attaches. 



Aviation, development of devices to com- 

 bat effects of high ahitudes, 53. 



Aviation medicine, committee on, 53. 



Bacteriology, development of, basic to 

 medical progress, xi, 14, 56; analysis 

 of research in selected uni\ersity de- 

 partments, 129, note 5 data, 130; 

 Ph.D. degrees in microbiology and, 

 178. See also Research, medical. 



Barton, Henn.- A., member. Committee on 

 Disco\'ers' and De\elopment of Scien- 

 tific Talent, 44, 136. 



Basic Research. See Research, Basic. 



Battelle Memorial Institute, Research in 

 Action, 86, note 3. 



Baxter, J. P., Ill, member, Committee on 

 Publication of Scientific Infonnation, 

 45, 188. 



Bell, Alexander Graham, 85. 



Bernal, J. D., The Social Function of 

 Science, 87, note 2. 



Berning, T. J. See Anderson, G. Lester. 



Bibliographic services. See Libraries. 



Bids on research projects, recommendation 

 to waive requirements on, 38-39. 



Biochemistry: development of, basic to 

 medical progress, xi, 14, 56; analysis 

 of research in selected university de- 

 partments of biology, including, 129; 

 Ph.D. degrees in, 177. 



Biological sciences, included within the 

 scope of science considered by the 

 Moe Committeee, 142; deficit in per- 

 sonnel trained in, 158; undergraduate 

 degrees in allied fields and, 177; dis- 

 tribution of Ph.D. degrees among 

 other fields and, 177-178; deficits in 

 training research personnel in, 179. 



Biology: development of improved course 

 content for teaching, supported by 

 NSF, xvii; term "medical research" 

 to include related aspects of, 64, 

 note 1; analysis of research in, 122- 

 134, passim; Ph.D. degrees in, 178; 

 graduate school enrollments in, 178. 



Biolog^' and Medicine, Division of, in 



NSF, XX. 



Biophysics, analysis of research in selected 

 university' departments of biology, in- 

 cluding, 129. 



Blood, increased availability of plasma and, 

 for transfusions, 49; fractionation 

 studies, 49; plasma and substitutes, 

 53. 



Book, William F., The Intelligence of 

 //ig/( School Seniors, data from, 175- 

 176. 



Botanv, Ph.D. degrees in, 178. See 

 Biology. 



Bowman, Isaiah, chairman. Committee on 

 Science and the Public Welfare, 44, 

 71, 72, 73; transmittal of report, 71. 



Bronk-Nesmeyanov Agreement, scientific 

 cooperation under, xiv. 



Brookhaven National Laboratory, xxi. 



Bubonic plague, 53. 



Buckley, Oliver E., member. Committee 

 on Science and the Public Welfare, 

 44, 72. 



Budget, Federal: amounts proposed for 

 medical research, xi-xii; amounts pro- 

 posed for military research, xii; for 

 International Geophysical Year, xv; 

 for NSF, xxiv-xxvi; proposals con- 

 cerning, for proiwsed National Re- 

 search Foundation; 39-40; estimated, 

 for Federal aid to medical research, 

 60; suggested reforms in procedures, 

 for scientific work of the Govern- 

 ment, 100-101. See also United 

 States Congress. 



Budget, national research: public and pri- 

 vate funds for research, 85-89. 



Burdick, C. Lalor, member, Committee on 

 Discovery and Development of Scien- 

 tific Talent, 44, 136. 



Bureau of Standards, work of, as example 

 of Government's responsibility in 

 background scientific research, 82. 



Burns, studied, 53. 



Bush, Vannevar, frontispiece; as Director 

 of OSRD, vii; transmittal of Science, 

 the Endless Frontier, vii, 1-2; letter 

 from President Roosevelt, to, vii, 3-4; 

 comparison of recommendations with 

 developments since 1950, vii-xx\'i. 



Business administration, 177. See Social 

 sciences. 



California Institute of Technology, 140, 

 141; Jet Propulsion Laboratory of, 

 xiii. 



Cancer, ix, 13, 14, 54, 55-56. 



Cardiovascular diseases, xi, 14, 55-56. 



Carnegie Corporation, 84. 



Carnegie Foundation: study by, in Penn- 

 sylvania, of able students in relation 

 to college attendance, 170-171; pro- 

 posed utilization of the Graduate Rec- 

 ord Examination Office of, in the 



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