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Name: Government-Funded Science: Vannevar Bush and the National Science Foundation
ID: m14356
Language: English (en)
Summary: A brief history of the National Science Foundation and Vannevar Bush's vision of "Science, The Endless Frontier."
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Basic Science, cold war science, history of science, National Science Foundation, National Science Policy, Vannevar Bush
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Sean McCudden (seanm2100@comcast.net), McKenzie Smith (mlsmith@rice.edu), Melissa Dominguez (melidmgz@rice.edu), Christopher Kelty (ckelty@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Sean McCudden (seanm2100@comcast.net), McKenzie Smith (mlsmith@rice.edu), Melissa Dominguez (melidmgz@rice.edu), Christopher Kelty (ckelty@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Sean McCudden (seanm2100@comcast.net), McKenzie Smith (mlsmith@rice.edu), Melissa Dominguez (melidmgz@rice.edu), Christopher Kelty (ckelty@rice.edu), Tish Stringer (tish@rice.edu)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: Jan 31, 2006 4:38 pm US/Central
Last revision to module: Feb 20, 2007 10:27 am US/Central
Module XML: m14356_1.1.cnxml

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Version: 1.1 Feb 20, 2007 10:27 am US/Central by Tish Stringer
Changes: 
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McCudden S, Smith M, Dominguez M, Kelty C. Government-Funded Science: Vannevar Bush and the National Science Foundation [Connexions Web site]. February 20, 2007. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m14356/1.1/.

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McCudden, S., Smith, M., Dominguez, M., & Kelty, C. (2007, February 20). Government-Funded Science: Vannevar Bush and the National Science Foundation. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m14356/1.1/

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McCudden, Sean, McKenzie Smith, Melissa Dominguez, and Christopher Kelty. "Government-Funded Science: Vannevar Bush and the National Science Foundation." Connexions. February 20, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m14356/1.1/.

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McCudden, Sean, McKenzie Smith, Melissa Dominguez, and Christopher Kelty. Government-Funded Science: Vannevar Bush and the National Science Foundation. Connexions. 20 Feb. 2007 <http://cnx.org/content/m14356/1.1/>.