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America's Investment in the Future

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Contents

Foreword by Walter Cronkite

Introduction by NSF Director Rita R. Colwell

Internet changing the way we communicate

Advanced Materials the stuff dreams are made of

Education lessons about learning

Manufacturing the forms of things unknown

Arabidopsis map makers of the plant kingdom

Decision Sciences how the game is played

Visualization a way to see the unseen

Environment taking the long view

Astronomy exploring the expanding universe

Arctic and Antarctic Research science on the edge

Disasters & Hazard Mitigation living more safely on a restless planet

About the Photographs

Acknowledgments

About the NSF

Index

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