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Vannevar Bush (1890-1974)
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Dr. Vannevar Bush / TIME Cover: April 03, 1944
Bush's classic and prescient essay was published
in The Atlantic Monthly (the essay was re-printed in Life) in July 1945.
Widely regarded as one of the most portentous essays about
computing, "As We May Think" illustrates the remarkable clarity of
Bush's vision.
Read: "As
We May Think," by Vannevar Bush. (Edited
version)
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"The camera hound of the future wears on
his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut. It
takes pictures 3 millimeters square, later to be projected or enlarged
The
cord which trips its shutter may reach down a man's sleeve within easy reach
of his fingers."
"Encyclopædia
Britannica could be reduced to the volume of a matchbox. A library of
a million volumes could be compressed into one
end of a desk."
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