Pushing the Horizon. Seventy-Five Years of High Stakes Science and Technology at the Naval Research Laboratory

Abstract

Science writer Ivan Amato explores the origin development and accomplishments of NRL over the last 75 years. He analyzes the personalities institutional culture, and influences of what has become one of the preeminent research laboratories within the United States. Tracing the Laboratory from its small and often inauspicious origins of today's large, multi disciplinary research center, Amato sets in context many of the important research events and fronts of modern military science and technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387688

Entities

People

  • Ivan Amato

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Elements
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Physical Theories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.