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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

LC control no.n 79056514
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Corporate name headingNational Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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Variant(s)Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (U.S.)
Academia Nacional de Ciencias de los Estados Unidos
Washington (D.C.). National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
United States. National Academy of Sciences
N.A.S.
NAS
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
National Academy of Sciences, USA
National Academies (U.S.). National Academy of Sciences
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). National Academy of Sciences
Beginning date1863
Associated countryUnited States
Field of activityScience Technology
Special noteAACR 1 form: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Found inNanoscience, 2002: t.p. (National Academy of Sciences) cover (National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) p. 2 of cover (National Academy of Sciences, USA; private, non-profit society; charter granted to it by U.S. Congress in 1863 giving it a mandate to advise the Federal Govt. on scientific and technical matters) p. 4 of cover (founded 1863)
National Academies home page, via WWW, Jan. 2, 2003 (National Academies; advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine) about the National Academies--FAQ--Organization of the National Academies (The National Academies consist of four organizations: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council)
Associated languageeng