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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Vannevar-BushVannevar Bush | American Engineer, Scientist & Inventor

    5 days ago · Vannevar Bush (born March 11, 1890, Everett, Mass., U.S.—died June 28, 1974, Belmont, Mass.) was an American electrical engineer and administrator who developed the Differential Analyzer and oversaw government mobilization of scientific research during World War II.

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  3. spectrum.ieee.org › vannevar-bushVannevar Bush: Most Important Engineer of the 20th Century - IEEE...

    Jun 18, 2024 · Vannevar Bush and the Funding of Science & Engineering. Beginning in 1940, and with the ear of the president and leading scientific and engineering organizations, Vannevar Bush promoted the importance of supporting all aspects of research, including in universities, the military, and industry.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Manhattan_ProjectManhattan Project - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · On 9 October 1941, President Roosevelt approved the atomic program after he convened a meeting with Vannevar Bush and Vice President Henry A. Wallace. He created a Top Policy Group consisting of himself—although he never attended a meeting—Wallace, Bush, Conant, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson , and the Chief of Staff of the Army ...

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  6. cupblog.org › 2024/06/19 › technology-and-vannevar-bush-fiftyTechnology and Vannevar Bush, Fifty Years Later G. Pascal Zachary...

    Jun 19, 2024 · In the American twentieth century, Bush was a major minor figure. Born in 1890, on the eve of what historian Thomas Hughes termed the “technological torrent,” Bush witnessed and contributed to transformational technologies, from electrification to the telephone, radio, movies, and the mass adoption of the automobile.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Trinity_(nuclear_test)Trinity (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

    4 days ago · He chose himself, Oppenheimer, Richard Tolman, Vannevar Bush, James Conant, Brigadier General Thomas F. Farrell, Charles Lauritsen, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Sir Geoffrey Taylor, and Sir James Chadwick. The VIPs viewed the test from Compania Hill, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of the tower.

  8. www.archives.gov › publications › prologueSecret Weapons, Forgotten Sacrifices | National Archives

    Jun 20, 2024 · The Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—the precursor of the Central Intelligence Agency—and the military services turned to the OSRD and its director, Vannevar Bush, when they needed new equipment, whether it was a solution to malaria or a silenced pistol.

  9. news.ycombinator.com › itemVannevar Bush Engineered the 20th Century | Hacker News

    Jun 18, 2024 · > Bush’s pivotal contribution was his creation of the “research contract,” whereby public funds are awarded to civilian scientists and engineers based on effort, not just outcomes (as had been normal before World War II).