Engineering, and Public Policy Committee on Science & National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine National Academy of Sciences 
Research Briefings 1986 [PDF ebook] 

Prepared for the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation, these briefings examine areas important to the progress of U.S. science and technology: the science of interfaces and thin films, decision making and problem solving, protein structure and biological function, and the prevention and treatment of viral diseases.