NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Vannevar Bush, The Roots, Unit
22 Jan 2020
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Unit 12: science, technology and world war ii. Nats 1775: the rise of big science projects . Interwar period (between wwi and wii) set foundation for new era of big science projects that will become a staple of wwii and post war period. The roots of big science the us prepares itself for another war. Roots take us back to the us. One of the leading science policy advisors in the us was vannevar bush chair of. Prior to the us" entry into the war, he realized nazi threat and did not think us was adequately equipped to handle germany"s advanced air force. With rise of nazi party, germany had starting ignoring the military restrictions placed on them from the treaty of versailles. They started building up the military forces once more and paid special attention to improvements in aviation and tanks.
