The Committee on Human Factors, a standing committee of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC), advises its sustaining sponsors and other requesting organizations on issues involved in the design of socio-technical systems and on the research and methods needed to help enhance their operability and safety. This paper describes the origins, purposes, operations and program of the committee and emphasizes the special attributes of this and other NAS/NRC commtittees.
Arctic Sea Ice. Proceedings of the Conference conducted by the Division of Earth Sciences and supported by the Office of Naval Research National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council Washington, D.C. Publication 598 December 1958. 271 pages,illus., maps. 28 cm.