Environmental Sciences Laboratory dedication, February 26-27, 1979

Auerbach, S I; Millemann, N T

doi:10.2172/6820649

Title: Environmental Sciences Laboratory dedication, February 26-27, 1979

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The dedication of the new Environmental Sciences Laboratory coincided with the 25th year of the establishment of the science of ecology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. That quarter century witnessed the evolution of ecology from an obscure, backwater discipline of biology to a broadly used, everyday household word. The transition reflected broad and basic changes in our social and cultural view of the world. This was brought about as a result of the awareness developed in our society of the importance of the environment, coupled with efforts of ecologists and other environmental scientists who identified, clarified, and formulated the issues and challenges of environmental protection for both the lay public and the scientific community. In many respects, the activities in ecology at ORNL were a microcosm of the broader social scene; the particular problems of the environment associated with atomic energy needed to be defined in scientific terms and articulated in both the specific and general sense for a larger audience which was unfamiliar with the field and somewhat alien to its concepts and philosophy. The success of this effort is reflected in the existence of the new Environmental Sciences Laboratory. This dedication volume brings together the thoughts and reflectionsmore »« less

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Auerbach, S I; Millemann, N T ^[1]

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Publication Date:: Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 6820649

Report Number(s):: ORNL-5666
TRN: 81-000328

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-26

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ORNL; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; 510100* - Environment, Terrestrial- Basic Studies- (-1989)

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