Venture Investing in Science

Venture Investing in Science

  • Author: Jamison, Douglas; Waite, Stephen
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • ISBN: 9780231175722
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780231544702
  • Place of publication:  New York , United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1999
  • Month: December
  • Pages: 64
  • Language: English

The 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum, entitled "Materials in a New Era," was held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on February 16-17, 1999. The forum was designed to launch the report entitled Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: Basic Research for Tomorrow 's Technology. That report, part of the decadal survey series, Physics in a New Era, reviews some of the outstanding accomplishments in materials research over the last decade. It indicates some emerging areas and conveys the true excitement in the field from a perspective of basic science and potential societal impact.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Abstract
  • Executive Summary & Summary of Articles
  • Keynote Address: Unlocking Our Future
  • I: Materials and the Federal Role
  • II: Materials R&D in a Changing World
  • III: Materials Education and Infrastructure
  • IV: Materials R&D-A Vision of the Scientific Frontier
  • List of Participants