Vannevar Bush Assignment

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1. Highlight the motivating factors for a National Research Foundation as these appear in the original correspondence of Vannevar Bush and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and in the specific proposal (Section 6: National Research Foundation) presented in Science: The Endless Frontier. Limit your answer to no more than about 250 words.

2. Find a theme that seems important to the report (military security, full postwar employment, basic research as a "frontier," government science policy, etc.) and show how it is developed through the document itself (you may rely on the highlighted portions). Again, limit your answer to no more than about 250 words.

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