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13 Industrial and Government Laboratories
13 Industrial and Government Laboratories
Pages 190-194
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Those from which responses were received included the following: Argonne National Laboratory Bell Telephone Laboratories Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory (Westinghouse Corporation) Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories David Taylor Model Basin International Business Machines Corporation Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory MITRE Corporation Mobil Oil Corporation National Bureau of Standards 190
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In this way there is direct support of mathematical research on the part of industrial and government laboratories, and top mathematicians from these laboratories are among frequent contributors of mathematical research articles and monographs. At their best, the physical facilities and general conditions of work in these laboratories can be quite attractive.
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THE GENERAL SITUATION AND ITS PROBLEMS The above paragraphs have depicted qualitatively, at their present best, an enlightened attitude toward mathematical-research activities among a few major industrial and government laboratories and a healthy interaction between these activities and those of the mathematical-science departments of universities. It would be quite misleading, however, not to emphasize that this enlightened attitude and healthy interaction appear to be far from the norm.
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There is also a problem of lack of communication and cooperation between the academic world and industrial and government laboratories. Quite a few industrial and applied mathematicians feel that the academic world is content with this situation, and that by and large universities are making little effort to prepare mathematicians for positions outside universities.
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The qualitative picture drawn in the discussion of Activities at Some Major Laboratories (page 191) has emerged from case studies of a few of the country's major industrial and government laboratories.
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