Before there was Oppenheimer there was Vannevar Bush

[zdw]

https://steveblank.com/2023/08/29/before-there-was-oppenheimer-there-was-vannevar-bush/

[mensetmanusman]

Building 13 at MIT is named after Vannevar Bush. (Obama visited during his presidency.)

https://spectrum.mit.edu/continuum/vannevar-bush-americas-fi...

[djkivi]

Linked at the bottom of this article, and well worth a read -- remember it was written in 1945!

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-m...

[shortrounddev2]

I recommend the book "The Idea Factory", which is about Bell labs and begins with a short biography of Vannevar Bush.

[patch_cable → shortrounddev2]

I also recommend “Pieces of the Action” by Vannevar Bush: https://press.stripe.com/pieces-of-the-action