Title Sputnik, scientists, and Eisenhower : a memoir of the first special assistant to the President for science and technology / James R. Killian, Jr

Published Cambridge : MIT Press, [1977] ©1977

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Description xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Sputnik and its shock waves -- To reassure the nation -- Divagation on the White House environment -- Science advice before Sputnik -- Eisenhower's Science Advisory Committee -- Eisenhower : a personal recollection -- Afterview Analysis United States Presidents Scientific advice from scientific advisers 1957-1959 United States Presidents Scientific advice from scientific advisers, 1957-1959 Personal observations Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [303]-305 Subject Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. Killian, James R. (James Rhyne), 1904- Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-1988. Science and state -- United States. Technology and state -- United States. United States -- History -- Sources. United States -- History -- 1945- -- Sources. Genre/Form Autobiographies. LC no. 77021560 ISBN 0262110660

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