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Vannevar Bush: Pieces of the Action
- MichaelZuo 5y agoThe obscure major general, Leslie Groves, that did most of the nitty gritty work in getting the Manhattan Project up and running, is a fascinating character. He was apparently recruited by General Marshall from his job supervising the construction of the pentagon. He probably had more responsibility on his shoulders than anyone else of equal rank in the war. And probably delivered more than almost everyone in human history… Very remarkabke for someone who almost quit during his slow progression through the field officer ranks in the army engineer corps. There’s an amazing oral history interview of him recounting his entire experience, except for the still classified portions, here: https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/general-leslie-grovess-interview-part-1 https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/genera...
- countvonbalzac 5y agoWhy does Stripe sell books now? I thought they were a payments company.
- hilbert42 5y agoIt's a shame that we don't have more people in scientific and engineering administration like Vannevar Bush these days. He was an exceptional person both technically and administratively and during WWII he was in the right place at the right time to make a huge difference and he did. Vannevar Bush was instrumental in aiding key scientific war projects such the the Manhattan project, MIT's radio lab/RADAR etc. It's also a shame his name isn't better known in technical circles today.