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The Unlearned
The UnlearnedThe Chief Officer of Scientific Services, Information and Coordination was a somewhat misleading and obscure title,...
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The Unlearned
The Chief Officer of Scientific Services, Information and Coordination was a somewhat misleading and obscure title, and Dr. Sherman Hockley who held it was not the least of those whom the title misled and sometimes obscured. He told himself he was not a mere library administrator, although he was proud of the information files built up under his direction. They contained the essence of accumulated knowledge found to date on Earth and the extraterrestrial planets so far contacted. He didn't feel justified in claiming to be strictly a research supervisor, either, in spite of duties as top level administrator for all divisions of the National Standardization and Research Laboratories and their subsidiaries in government, industry, and education. During his term of supervision the National Laboratories had made a tremendous growth, in contrast to a previous decline. Most of all, however, he disclaimed being a figurehead, to which all the loose strings of a vast and rambling organization could be tied. But sometimes it was quite difficult to know whether or not that was his primary assignment after all. His unrelenting efforts to keep out of the category seemed to be encountering more and more determination to push him in that direction. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
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Ebook Number: 32745
Author: Jones, Raymond F.
Release Date: Jun 8, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Illustrator: Emshwiller, Ed, 1925-1990
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