In view of the fact that for a modern nation the efficiency of its science has become a quest ion of existence, that German science has lost its former world rank, and that the severely divided forces working to overcome this loss need to be co-ordinated, the Bund and the Laender, through adminis trative agreements, have created the Science Council, which commenced its work early in 1958. It consists of a committee of 39 members, divided into two chambers (the Administrative Commission and the Scientific Commis sion) meeting also as an assembly several times annually. It has the function of a...