Washington, DC: GPO, 1959. First Edition. 26 cm, 498, illus., tables, charts, bibliographical note, glossary, index, usual library markings, boards somewhat scuffed. More

Washington, D.C. National Academy of Sciences, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 694 pages. Includes Foreword, Table of Contents, a Name Index, and a Subject Index. Contains black and white illustrations. Includes The Academy's Antecedents; Scientists and Scientific Organizations in Mid-Century America; The Incorporation and Organization of the Academy; The Government Calls Upon the Academy; Postbellum Years & the Crisis Within the Academy; The End of the Nineteenth Century; The Academy Marks Its Semicentennial; World War I & the Creation of the National Research Council; The Research Council's Permanent Status & the Academy's New Home; The Twenties: New Horizons in Science; The Academy During the Great Depression; The New Deal and the Science Advisory Board; The Academy in World War II; The Postwar Organization of Science; The Years between the Wars; The Academy in the Fifties--Beginnings of the Space Age; Academy Centennial. Also contains nine appendixes, with information on Act of Incorporation: Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences at the Meeting Held for Organization, 1863; Constitution and By-Laws of the National Academy of Sciences, Adopted 1864; Members and Foreign Associates of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1963; Officers and Members of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1963; Executive Orders Defining the Duties and Functions of the National Research Council; Chairmen of the National Research Council; Officers of the National Academy of Sciences & the National Research Council; and Executive Orders Relating to the Science Advisory Board. More