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Can anyone help Paul. Thnaks. Meenal Ms Meenal Gupta, Special Projects Officer British Association for the Advancement of Science 23 Savile Row, London W1X 2NB Tel : 0171 973 3069 Fax : 0171 973 3051 http://www.britassoc.org.uk ....promoting science, engineering and technology > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Guinnessy [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 12:12 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: searching for data > > > Dear all, > I have a friend (Professor Rotblat, winner of the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize) > who is trying to find out information on the growth of science during the > past century. > > What he is looking for is either tables or graphs showing > > 1. The total number of scientists and technicians (if possible, with a > breakdown for disciplines) during the past century for the world. > > 2. The same information about the number of scientific journals; > > 3. Other quantitative data relating to scientific activity, e.g. > expenditure on science. > > It appears to be quite tricky to find this info (OECD data for example > only > goes far back as 1981). Anybody got any ideas on where to find it? > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > Paul Guinnessy > Editor, PhysicsWeb > http://physicsweb.org > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%