Pieces of the Action
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- Author：Vannevar Bush
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Rick Elinson
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This is a fascinating 1970 book of memories by Vannevar Bush。 Bush should be famous， but is hardly remembered。 He made major early contributions to computers （differential analyzer， Memex）; he headed the scientific and weapon invention unit during WWII reporting directly to FDR; he was a principal promoter of the development of the atomic bomb， and he is the post-WWII architect behind the creation of the National Science Foundation， the main US basic research agency。 Bush rambles along， so the b This is a fascinating 1970 book of memories by Vannevar Bush。 Bush should be famous， but is hardly remembered。 He made major early contributions to computers （differential analyzer， Memex）; he headed the scientific and weapon invention unit during WWII reporting directly to FDR; he was a principal promoter of the development of the atomic bomb， and he is the post-WWII architect behind the creation of the National Science Foundation， the main US basic research agency。 Bush rambles along， so the book is not particularly well-written， but he left me with lots of memorable ideas。 About organizations， he talks about the necessity of a strict hierarchy in military command which is inimical to the democracy conducive to creative scientific and inventive advances。 Given this difference， how then can new weapon systems be created and introduced？ About teaching， he says a teacher must not only enjoy teaching but also like students。 He says that he retired because it was important to get out of the way of the young。 His criticism of the gasoline internal combustion engine led to his proposing electric or even electric gasoline hybrid engines for cars。 This is 1970！ The book is a memorable hodgepodge。 。。。more
John
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I had never heard of Vannevar Bush before reading this book。 That is why he wrote it， I think。 He did so many things during his years as a scientist， inventor of the Bush differential Analyzer which was the start of modern computer analysis， Dean of engineering at MIT， president of Carnegie institution， advisor to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman and only winner of the Atomic Pioneers Award given by Nixon。In this book， he gave opinions and advice on everything anyone could ever come up with。 I th I had never heard of Vannevar Bush before reading this book。 That is why he wrote it， I think。 He did so many things during his years as a scientist， inventor of the Bush differential Analyzer which was the start of modern computer analysis， Dean of engineering at MIT， president of Carnegie institution， advisor to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman and only winner of the Atomic Pioneers Award given by Nixon。In this book， he gave opinions and advice on everything anyone could ever come up with。 I think some very good advice which our military and government leaders of today are in sore need of。First few chapters were a bit dull as he described The set up and functions of different government agencies。 I was quite surprised at his positive thoughts about Hoover which he backed up with facts。This was no autobiography 。 It was what he saw and thought about the actions of those he was involved with and he wanted to make sure the world new about his contributions during WWII。 He invented a fuse which changed the war。 。。。more
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