The Life Sciences Recent Progress and Application to Human Affairs The World of Biological Research Requirements for the Future

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Front Matter	i-x
Contents	xi-xx	(skim)
Major Conclusions and Recommendations	1-31	(skim)
Chapter 1: Frontiers of Biology	32-35	(skim)
The Language of Life	36-51	(skim)
The Life and Times of a Cell	52-70	(skim)
Development of an Organism	71-79	(skim)
Form and Function	80-91	(skim)
The Nervous System	92-108	(skim)
Behavior	109-114	(skim)
Ecology	115-121	(skim)
The Origin of Life	122-125	(skim)
Heredity and Evolution	126-132	(skim)
The Diversity of Life	133-141	(skim)
Chapter 2: Biology in the Service of Man- Biological Research and Medical Practice	142-176	(skim)
On Feeding Man	177-187	(skim)
Man and His Environment	188-194	(skim)
Renewable Resources	195-209	(skim)
Industrial Technology	210-219	(skim)
Chapter 3: The World of Biological Research	220-222	(skim)
Where Life Scientists Work	223-228	(skim)
Mobility of Life Scientists	229-229	(skim)
Previous Education of Working Life Scientists	230-238	(skim)
Postdoctoral Training	239-244	(skim)
Educational Limitations	245-245	(skim)
With What Materials Do Life Scientists Work?	245-247	(skim)
With What Species Do Life Scientists Work?	248-251	(skim)
What Facilities and Tools Do Life Scientists Use?	252-256	(skim)
The Research Group	257-260	(skim)
What Do Life Scientists Do?	261-263	(skim)
Financial Support of Research in the Life Sciences	264-274	(skim)
Research Institutes	275-275	(skim)
Natural History Museums	275-275	(skim)
Biological Disciplines	276-277	(skim)
Chapter 4: The Academic Endeavor in the Life Sciences	278-278	(skim)
Academic Departments	279-305	(skim)
Medical Schools as Research and Educational Enterprises	306-313	(skim)
Agricultural Schools as Research and Educational Enterprises	314-315	(skim)
Financing Academic Research in Life Sciences	316-331	(skim)
Chapter 5: Requirements for the Future of the Academic Endeavor in the Life Sciences	332-332	(skim)
Individual Scientists	333-339	(skim)
Department Chairmen	340-350	(skim)
National Considerations	351-356	(skim)
Chapter 6: Education in Biology	357-359	(skim)
Elementary and Secondary Education	360-363	(skim)
University Education	364-384	(skim)
Chapter 7: Digital Computers in the Life Sciences	385-385	(skim)
General Facts about Computer Usage	385-387	(skim)
The State of Computer Application in the Life Sciences	388-401	(skim)
Conclusions and Recommedations	402-404	(skim)
Chapter 8: Communication in the Life Sciences	405-406	(skim)
Special Problems in Handling Biological Information	407-407	(skim)
Users of Biological Information	408-408	(skim)
Informal Information Transfer	408-410	(skim)
Primary Publication	411-418	(skim)
Review Articles and Data Compliation	419-422	(skim)
Secondary Information Services	423-423	(skim)
Specialized Information Center	424-424	(skim)
Libraries	425-425	(skim)
Looking Forward	426-426	(skim)
Chapter 9: Biology and the Future of Man- The Nature of Man	427-427	(skim)
The Great Hazards	428-451	(skim)
The Opportunities	452-470	(skim)
Methodology: Survey of Individual Life Scientists	471-499	(skim)
Methodology: Survey of Academic Life Science Departments	500-519	(skim)
Panels and Contributors	520-526	(skim)

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