Public attitudes to science

Abstract

The eighth annual report of the National Science Board (NSB), Science at the Bicentennial - A Report from the Research Community, prepared by the NSB, policy-making body of the National Science Foundation, is made up from comments by several hundred representatives of the research community in the United States (the universities, industry, government, and independent research institutes) on existing and prospective problems in research operations. Their comments, made in response to letters of inquiry from NSB, showed the greatest concerns to be in these areas: Dependability in funding for research. Vitality of the research system. Freedom in the research system. Confidence in science and technology. Also included in the report are a chapter providing some historical perspective on research in the United States, and a study of available surveys on public attitudes toward science and technology, which we print below.

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