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Fueling Science for War and Peace

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One man more than any other set the course for American twentieth century science. He was the key scientific advisor during the Roosevelt Administration.

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  1. Vannevar Bush, “As we may think”, The Atlantic, July 1945; https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/

  2. Vannevar Bush, Science the Endless Frontier, U.S. Government Report available at: https://www.nsf.gov/about/history/vbush1945.htm

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Dylla, H.F. (2020). Fueling Science for War and Peace. In: Scientific Journeys. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55800-0_4

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