Diplomatic service

Almost 60 years after the launch of the first Soviet satellite Sputnik startled US President Dwight Eisenhower into appointing James Killian as his nation's first scientific adviser, Killian's modern equivalents from around the world will meet in New Zealand this week for their own confere...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 512; no. 7515; p. 347
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.08.2014
Nature Publishing Group
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Administrative Personnel
Advisory Committees - organization & administration
Communication
Conferences
Congresses as Topic
Disaster Planning
editorial
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
New Zealand
Policy Making
Politics
Public Policy
Research Personnel
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Science - manpower
Scientists
New Zealand
United Kingdom > UK
United States > US
Europe
Iceland
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Summary:Almost 60 years after the launch of the first Soviet satellite Sputnik startled US President Dwight Eisenhower into appointing James Killian as his nation's first scientific adviser, Killian's modern equivalents from around the world will meet in New Zealand this week for their own conference. They will, presumably, keep their mobile phones switched on.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/512347a