Vannevar Bush

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He started his research during WWI by doing work on submarine detection. Later on while a professor at MIT he designed the differential analyzer, an analog calculator that could solve differential equations with up to 18 variables.

During the 1930s Germany had put a lot of effort in producing scientists and engineers-- in some cases the research funded by American foundations. It was felt that only a high level coordinating effort could possibly bring results.

The man chosen for the job of coordinating the war research effort was Vannevar Bush. Bush had experience both as a scientist/engineer and as an administrator.

In 1938 he bacame president of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, an organization that supported research on a wide variety of areas. Bush became the Director of the "Office of Scientific Research and Development in 1941"

Under Bush, OCRD supported and coordinated hundreds of scientific programs throughout the US. The two most famous research projects however were: the design of the computer and the development of the atomic bomb. Both of these projects as well as his later work are as we shall see related to the development of Internet.

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