1. Robert Gilpin,France in the Age of the Scientific State(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968), p. 39.
2. Ministry for Research and Technology,Fifth Report of the Federal Government on Research(Bonn: Bmft, 1976), p. 3. Quote is by H. Matthofer, then Federal Minister for Research and Technology.
3. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,Patterns of Resources Devoted to Research and Experimental Development(Paris: Oecd, 1975), p. 36.