Vannevar Bush

science - faith

“Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.”

— Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)

publication publish

"Publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record".

— Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)

publication ability record square-rigged ships

"The difficulty seems to be, not so much that we publish unduly in view of the extent and variety of present-day interests, but rather that pubhcation has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships."

— Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)

basic research knowledge produc process principle

"Basic research leads to new knowledge. It provides scientific capital. It creates the fund from which the practical applications of knowledge must be drawn. New products and new processes do not appear full-grown. They are founded on new principles and new conceptions, which in turn are painstakingly developed by research in the purest realms of science."

— Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)