{"product_id":"endless-frontier-vannevar-bush-engineer-of-the-american-century-9780262740227","title":"Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century\u003c\/strong\u003e by Zachary, G. Pascal. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780262740227.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a young professor at MIT in the 1920s, Vannevar Bush (1890-1974) did seminal work on analog computing and was a cofounder of Raytheon, whose initial success was based on long-lasting radio tubes. But he is best known for his role in Washington during World War II: as President Roosevelts advisor, he organized the Manhattan Project and oversaw the work of 6,000 civilian scientists designing new weapons. His 1945 report \"Science -- The Endless Frontier\" spurred the creation of a system of public support for university research that endures to this day.Although he helped to give rise to the military-industrial complex, Bush was a skeptical observer of the interplay between science and politics. He warned against the dangers of an arms race and led a failed effort to halt testing of the hydrogen bomb. This balanced and gracefully written biography brings to life an American original and his times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255658766389,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262740222","price":85.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262740227_27d142b0-3298-4129-bfa2-12a498ad9d73.jpg?v=1779932709","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/endless-frontier-vannevar-bush-engineer-of-the-american-century-9780262740227","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}