Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974; pronounced /væˈniːvɑr/ van-NEE-var) was an American engineer and science administrator known for his work on analog computing, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer of the Manhattan Project, and the idea of the memex, an adjustable microfilm-viewer which is somewhat analogous to the structure of the World Wide Web. As Director of the Office of Scientific Rese...
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Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974; pronounced /væˈniːvɑr/ van-NEE-var) was an American engineer and science administrator known for his work on analog computing, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer of the Manhattan Project, and the idea of the memex, an adjustable microfilm-viewer which is somewhat analogous to the structure of the World Wide Web. As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Bush has coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare. His views are moralistic, energetic, and engaged. For him, the world was a challenging maze waiting to be solved by a team effort and the solution of the challenging maze lies in building something, in making something new that will serve human need.
Bush was a well-known policymaker and public intellectual during World War II and the ensuing Cold War , and was in effect the first presidential...
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