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Near the close of World War II, Vannevar Bush, the former director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development, urged scientists to turn their energies from war to the task of making the vast store of human knowledge accessible and useful.

Get Smarter 2009

Vannevar Bush, director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, wrote in an influential 1945 report that basic scientific research should take place in universities, relatively free from the pressures of "convention, prejudice or commercial necessity."

Public Higher Ed: From Jefferson to the Cold War 2010

In the July 1945 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, Dr. Vannevar Bush's famous essay, "As We May Think," was published as one of the first articles addressing Big Data, information overload, or the "growing mountain of research" as stated in the article.

Steve Hamby: Top Three Technologies to Tame the Big Data Beast Steve Hamby 2011

Near the close of World War II, Vannevar Bush, the former director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development, urged scientists to turn their energies from war to the task of making the vast store of human knowledge accessible and useful.

Get Smarter 2009

Shirley Tilghman said the modern American model of advanced research still shows the influence of Vannevar Bush, who directed governmental science projects during and after World War II.

How America Can Rise Again 2010

Near the close of World War II, Vannevar Bush, the former director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development, urged scientists to turn their energies from war to the task of making the vast store of human knowledge accessible and useful.

What Scares Google 2009

Even though as a candidate FDR concluded in 1932 that "Our last frontier has long since been reached," his advisor Vannevar Bush proclaimed an "endless frontier" of science research in 1945.

Jonathan D. Moreno: America's Problem With "Progress" Jonathan D. Moreno 2012

Near the close of World War II, Vannevar Bush, the former director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development, urged scientists to turn their energies from war to the task of making the vast store of human knowledge accessible and useful.

Get Smarter 2009

Near the close of World War II, Vannevar Bush, the former director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development, urged scientists to turn their energies from war to the task of making the vast store of human knowledge accessible and useful.

Get Smarter 2009

Shirley Tilghman said the modern American model of advanced research still shows the influence of Vannevar Bush, who directed governmental science projects during and after World War II.

How America Can Rise Again 2010