In Keeping Abreast of Science and Technology: Technical Intelligence for Business (Battelle Press, £44.95, ISBN 1 57477 018 7), W. Bradford Aston and Richard Klavans review the foundations, characteristics and methods of gathering technical information for industry. An invaluable tool for helping any business to anticipate the impact of technology and focus research and development where it will have the greatest impact, it has an excellent appendix of science and technology information sources plus Net addresses.
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