#270: Vannevar Bush (Pieces of the Action)

In pieces of the action. Van Ever Bush, engineer, inventor, educator, and public face of government funded science. Offers an inside account of one of the most innovative research and development ecosystems of the twentieth century. As the architect and administrator of an RD pipeline that efficiently coordinated the work of civilian scientists and the military during World War Two. He was central to catalyzing the development of radar and the proximity fuse.

The mass production of penicillin. and the initiation of the Manhattan Project. offers his hard one lessons on how to operate and manage effectively within complex organizations. build bridges between people and disciplines and drive ambitious

Unprecedented programs. to force. originally published in nineteen seventy, this updated edition includes a foreword from Ben Reinhardt that contextualizes the lessons pieces of the action can offer to contemporary readers. These lessons include that change depends both on heroic individuals

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