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US National Academy of Sciences elects new Members ... bulletin.imstat.org/.../us-national-academy-of-sciences-elects-new-memb... May 15, 2014 - The United States National Academy of Sciences announced on April 29, 2014, ... of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. the Golden Age of science education, if ever there was one, was actually started and funded by Eisenhower. Everyone remembers Ike, right? The 34th President of the United States Although the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957 is often cited as the reason for the Act and the related National Aeronautics and Space Act (establishing NASA), what is usually forgotten is Sputnik—and US satellites sent into orbit months thereafter—were part of the loosely coordinated efforts of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) to encourage scientific collaboration and cooperation in studying the planet.
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