Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century
Vannevar Bush’s influence on the history and institutions of US science and technology is unrivaled, but he remains relatively unknown outside science policy circles. G. Pascal Zachary, Bush’s biographer and editor of a new collection of Bush’s writings, The Essential Writings of Vannevar Bush (Columbia University Press, 2022) talks with historian of science and technology Emily Gibson about this remarkable figure, and why Bush’s pioneering insights and lucid writings deserve a wide audience today.
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