This document is the eighth edition of the National Academy of Sciences publication giving an alphabetical listing of scientific and technical societies in the United States. The organizations included are limited to those societies devoted to a particular scientific or technological discipline of group of disciplines and committed to the study, development, and dissemination of knowledge. Brief statements give names and addresses of principal officers, history, purpose, professional activities, and membership for each society. The volume is indexed geographically and by key word. (GR)