The national science foundation program in mathematics

The National Science Foundation

A National Science Foundation

Pressed by the exigencies of war time, prompted by the success of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and by the sincere, but naive, attempts at science legislation by Senator Kilgore during 1943 and 1944, and desiring to see what might be done further to promote the progress of science in war and in peace, the late President Roosevelt in November, 1944, requested Dr. Vannevar Bu...

Concrete mathematics - a foundation for computer science

No wonder you activities are, reading will be always needed. It is not only to fulfil the duties that you need to finish in deadline time. Reading will encourage your mind and thoughts. Of course, reading will greatly develop your experiences about everything. Reading concrete mathematics a foundation for computer science is also a way as one of the collective books that gives many advantages. ...

Measuring Interdisciplinarity at the National Science Foundation

Fostering interdisciplinary research is a priority at the National Science Foundation (NSF). To this end, the NSF has undertaken several foundation-wide initiatives and encouraged the development of multi-directorate programs. As these new initiatives and programs grow, so does interest in assessing the success of such experiments in fostering interdisciplinary research (IDR). A primary challen...

Airborne Science Programs of the National Science Foundation (USA)

The US National Science Foundation supports and utilizes a range of platforms which are made available to its US funded science investigators in the furtherance of airborne science program objectives. As well as providing access to the platforms themselves, NSF also supports their operation, maintenance and infrastructure development. NSF airborne science projects may be deployed worldwide. Whi...