Vannevar Bush, 1915, age 25.Vannevar Bush in the laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, circa 1928.Vannevar Bush standing over a section of his differential analyzer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, circa 1935.Scientists of the S-1 project (Manhattan Committee) sharing a lighter moment as they discuss the feasibility of the 184-inch cyclotron at Berkeley, California, United States, 29 Mar 1940.
Vannevar Bush, 1915, age 25.Vannevar Bush in the laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, circa 1928.Vannevar Bush standing over a section of his differential analyzer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, circa 1935.Scientists of the S-1 project (Manhattan Committee) sharing a lighter moment as they discuss the feasibility of the 184-inch cyclotron at Berkeley, California, United States, 29 Mar 1940.
Vannevar Bush at his desk, circa 1942Letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Vannevar Bush asking him to address four points for postwar scientific development, 17 Nov 1944. Page 1 of 2.Letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Vannevar Bush asking him to address four points for postwar scientific development, 17 Nov 1944. Page 2 of 2.Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant, Major General Leslie Groves and Colonel Franklin Matthias visiting the Hanford site for production of plutonium-239, Jul 1945, Benton County, Washington, United States.
Vannevar Bush at his desk, circa 1942Letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Vannevar Bush asking him to address four points for postwar scientific development, 17 Nov 1944. Page 1 of 2.Letter from Franklin Roosevelt to Vannevar Bush asking him to address four points for postwar scientific development, 17 Nov 1944. Page 2 of 2.Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant, Major General Leslie Groves and Colonel Franklin Matthias visiting the Hanford site for production of plutonium-239, Jul 1945, Benton County, Washington, United States.
President Harry Truman and members of the National Defense Research Committee, White House, Washington D.C., 20 Jan 1947.Joint Research and Development Board meeting, 11 Feb 1948Vannevar Bush at his desk, circa 1949Vannevar Bush in his academic attire, circa 1960.
President Harry Truman and members of the National Defense Research Committee, White House, Washington D.C., 20 Jan 1947.Joint Research and Development Board meeting, 11 Feb 1948Vannevar Bush at his desk, circa 1949Vannevar Bush in his academic attire, circa 1960.
Vannevar Bush portrait, 1962.
Vannevar Bush portrait, 1962.
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