NATS 1775 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Blitzkrieg, James Bryant Conant, Pea Galaxy
25 Aug 2016
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Unit 12: science, technology and wwii: the rise of big science projects . New scientific developments viewed more positively because of big science (our responsibility to link these ideas to actual big science projects: high frequency radar and atomic bombs) 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. One of the leading science policy advisors in the us was vannevar bush chair of. National advisory committee on aeronautics: 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. Bush becomes chair of this office and members included top figures from industry and academia including: frank jewett (president, nas); james conant (chemist and. Total spent on r&d by osrd: 337m; non-corporate institutions that benefited included.
