A United States organization of distinguished scientists and engineers established for the purpose of investigating and reporting upon any subject of art or science as requested by any department of government. The National Research Council organized by NAS serves as the principal operating agency to stimulate and support research.
    

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Private patronage and the growth of knowledge : the J. Lawrence Smith Fund of the National Academy of Sciences, 1884-1940 / John Lankford.

Science on stage : expert advice as public drama / Stephen Hilgartner.

Federal research : the National Academy of Sciences and the Federal Advisory Committee Act : report to Congressional requesters / United States General Accounting Office.

Reception mixed, future uncertain for academy's S&T recommendations / Mark Crawford.

A history of the first half-century of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1913.

Visionary anatomies.

Headline news, science views / edited by David Jarmul ; National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council.

The biological effects of atomic radiation : summary reports from a study.

Reshaping the graduate education of scientists and engineers / Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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Visionary anatomies.

Headline news, science views / edited by David Jarmul ; National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council.

The biological effects of atomic radiation : summary reports from a study.

Reshaping the graduate education of scientists and engineers / Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine.

Science and creationism : a view from the National Academy of Sciences.