Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 - June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his work on analog computing, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and the idea of the memex-seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web. A leading figure in the development of the military-industrial complex and the military funding of science in the United States, … Wikipedia
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While Stibitz and Zuse were developing the circuitry that would eventually lead to the invention of the digital computer, Vannevar Bush was attempting to re-invent Charles Babbage's Difference Engine. He did it, too. www.kerryr.net/pioneers/bush.htm
As Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Dr. Vannevar Bush has coordinated the activities of some six thousand leading American scientists in the application of science to warfare. www.ps.uni-sb.de/~duchier/pub/vbush/vbush.txt
Titled, As We May Think, the articles author, Vannevar Bush (18901974), proposed a new mechanical machine to help scholars and decision makers make sense of the growing mountains of information being published in to the world. www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/foreseeing_the_future_the...
