Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush
Date personale
Născut	11 martie 1890 Everett⁠(d), Massachusetts, SUA
Decedat	28 iunie 1974 (84 de ani) Belmont⁠(d), Massachusetts, SUA
Înmormântat	Massachusetts
Cauza decesului	pneumonie
Părinți	Reverend Richard Perry Bush[*][[Reverend Richard Perry Bush (Universalist minister)|​]] Emma Linnwood Bush[*][[Emma Linnwood Bush |​]]
Cetățenie	Statele Unite ale Americii
Ocupație	informatician inventator politician cadru didactic universitar[*]​ inginer science administrator[*][[science administrator (person managing science projects or institutions)|​]]
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză
Activitate
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tufts University[*][[Tufts University (private research university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts)|​]] Universitatea Harvard Chelsea High School[*][[Chelsea High School (high school in Massachusetts, United States)|​]] Tufts University School of Engineering[*][[Tufts University School of Engineering (one of the ten schools that comprise Tufts University)|​]]
Organizație	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Premii	Medalia Națională pentru Știință a Statelor Unite[*]​ (1963) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire[*][[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (award, rank of the Order of the British Empire)|​]] Medalia Edison[*]​ (1943) Legiunea de onoare Medalia John Fritz[*]​ (1951) William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement[*][[William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (American science award)|​]] (1954) Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship[*][[Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship |​]] (1935) National Inventors Hall of Fame[*][[National Inventors Hall of Fame (award)|​]] (2004) John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science[*][[John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (science award given by U.S. National Academy of Sciences)|​]] (1953) Hoover Medal[*][[Hoover Medal (American engineering prize)|​]] (1946) Holley Medal[*][[Holley Medal (award from ASME)|​]] (1943) Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute[*][[Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute (American award for meritorious articles published in the Franklin Institute journal)|​]] (1928) Medalia John Scott[*]​ (1943) Washington Award[*][[Washington Award |​]] (1946) National Academy of Engineering Founders Award[*][[National Academy of Engineering Founders Award |​]] (1966) Fellow of the American Physical Society[*][[Fellow of the American Physical Society (fellowship of the American Physical Society)|​]] NAS Public Welfare Medal[*][[NAS Public Welfare Medal (award conferred by the National Academy of Sciences)|​]] (1945) IRI Medal[*][[IRI Medal (award honoring accomplishments in technological innovation)|​]] (1949)
Semnătură

Vannevar Bush (n. 11 martie 1890, Everett^⁠(d), Massachusetts, SUA – d. 28 iunie 1974, Belmont^⁠(d), Massachusetts, SUA) a fost un inginer american cunoscut pentru activitatea sa în domeniul computerelor analogice, pentru rolul său politic în dezvoltarea bombei atomice, fiind unul din oamenii importanți ai Proiectului Manhattan și pentru Memex, un concept pe care se bazează rețeaua de internet WWW-World Wide Web apărută zeci de ani mai târziu.

Lucrări

• As We May Think

External links

• „Vannevar Bush papers, 1901–1974”. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. 
• „Vannevar Bush papers, 1910–1988”. Tufts University. hdl:10427/57028. 
• „MIT Web Museum”. 
• „1995 MIT / Brown U. Vannevar Bush Symposium”. complete video archive. 
• „The Vannevar Bush Index”. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. 
• Video demonstrating the ideas behind the Memex system pe YouTube
• „Pictures of Vannevar Bush”. Tufts Digital Library. Arhivat din original la 4 ianuarie 2023. Accesat în 8 august 2019. 
• „Biographical Memoir” (PDF). National Academy of Sciences.