TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Finding the Path: Issues of Access to Research Resources SN - DO - 10.17226/9629 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9629/finding-the-path-issues-of-access-to-research-resources PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Industry and Labor AB - On January 27-28, 1999, the NRC Commission on Life Sciences organized "Finding the Path: Issues of Access to Research Resources", a conference to explore the breadth of problems and opportunities related to obtaining and transferring research resources. The following summary of the 2-day meeting lays out the problems concerning access to research resources as discussed by 2 dozen speakers and members of the audience. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academy of Sciences TI - Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences, Second Edition DO - 10.17226/6024 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/6024/science-and-creationism-a-view-from-the-national-academy-of PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Biology and Life Sciences KW - Education AB - While the mechanisms of evolution are still under investigation, scientists universally accept that the cosmos, our planet, and life evolved and continue to evolve. Yet the teaching of evolution to schoolchildren is still contentious. In Science and Creationism, The National Academy of Sciences states unequivocally that creationism has no place in any science curriculum at any level. Briefly and clearly, this booklet explores the nature of science, reviews the evidence for the origin of the universe and earth, and explains the current scientific understanding of biological evolution. This edition includes new insights from astronomy and molecular biology. Attractive in presentation and authoritative in content, Science and Creationism will be useful to anyone concerned about America's scientific literacy: education policymakers, school boards and administrators, curriculum designers, librarians, teachers, parents, and students. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Perspectives on Biodiversity: Valuing Its Role in an Everchanging World SN - DO - 10.17226/9589 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9589/perspectives-on-biodiversity-valuing-its-role-in-an-everchanging-world PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Biology and Life Sciences KW - Environment and Environmental Studies AB - Resource-management decisions, especially in the area of protecting and maintaining biodiversity, are usually incremental, limited in time by the ability to forecast conditions and human needs, and the result of tradeoffs between conservation and other management goals. The individual decisions may not have a major effect but can have a cumulative major effect. Perspectives on Biodiversity reviews current understanding of the value of biodiversity and the methods that are useful in assessing that value in particular circumstances. It recommends and details a list of components—including diversity of species, genetic variability within and among species, distribution of species across the ecosystem, the aesthetic satisfaction derived from diversity, and the duty to preserve and protect biodiversity. The book also recommends that more information about the role of biodiversity in sustaining natural resources be gathered and summarized in ways useful to managers. Acknowledging that decisions about biodiversity are necessarily qualitative and change over time because of the nonmarket nature of so many of the values, the committee recommends periodic reviews of management decisions. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - The Pervasive Role of Science, Technology, and Health in Foreign Policy: Imperatives for the Department of State SN - DO - 10.17226/9688 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9688/the-pervasive-role-of-science-technology-and-health-in-foreign-policy PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda. Other vital issues linked to technological developments pervade longer-range foreign policy concerns. Thus, STH considerations are often central to the Department of State's bilateral and multilateral interactions with other governments. STH aspects play a large role in discussions of such critical topics as nuclear nonproliferation, use of outer space, population growth, adequate and safe food supply, climate change, infectious diseases, energy resources, and competitiveness of industrial technologies. In addressing these issues, expert STH knowledge is essential to the anticipation and resolution of problems and to the achievement of foreign policy goals. The Department, recognizing that it requires strengthened capabilities to address such an array of topics, asked for suggestions by the National Research Council as to how it could better deal with foreign policy issues with STH content. ER - TY - BOOK TI - Report on Draft 4 of the Standards: October 28, 1999 DO - 10.17226/9763 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9763/report-on-draft-4-of-the-standards-october-28-1999 PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English ER - TY - BOOK TI - (NAS Colloquium) Plants and Population: Is There Time? DO - 10.17226/9619 PY - 1999 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9619/nas-colloquium-plants-and-population-is-there-time PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Agriculture KW - Environment and Environmental Studies ER -