by nomo » Wed May 31, 2006 6:57 pm
Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the development of the atomic bomb, and idea of the memex—seen as a pioneering concept for the World Wide Web. His name is pronounced Van-NEE-var as in "receiver" (IPA: [ˌvæˈniː.vɚ]). <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>He was unrelated to the Bush political family.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>