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   Vannevar Bush (/ v æ ˈ n iː v ɑːr / van-NEE-var; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including important developments in ...

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   Jul 21, 2018 · Vannevar Bush (1890–1974), one of the great overachievers of the 20th century, combined the skills of an engineer, a mathematician, and a scientist with the organizational abilities of a successful military leader or company president.

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. 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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   • Additional papers are held by the MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections, the Carnegie Institution, and the National Archives and Records Administration. As of 2023, the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor is Michael Levin, an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University.

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   • One war made him the most powerful man in science; the war that followed took that power away. A copy of Eugene Montgomery’s portrait of engineer Vannevar Bush, which accompanied Bush’s 1955 article for Atlantic Monthly, “For Man to Know.”

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

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   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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   Jun 8, 2018 · Learn about Vannevar Bush, a prominent American engineer and science administrator who led the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II. Explore his life, achievements, inventions, and writings on science and technology.

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   Mar 1, 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Vannevar Bush, the electrical engineer who led the Manhattan Project and envisioned the web. Read his quotes on engineering, research, and innovation.

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   Scientists. Civilian Organizations. Military Organizations. Non-Technical Personnel. VANNEVAR BUSH. (Director, NDRC, 1940-1941, and OSRD, 1941-1945) People > Administrators. Bush, Vannevar. Compton, Arthur H. Conant, James B. Groves, Leslie R. Lawrence, Ernest O. Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Truman, Harry S.

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   Vannevar Bush (pronounced van-NEE-ver) (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his work on analog computing, his role in the development of the atomic bomb and other weapons during World War II, and the idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web.