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• Who directed Vannevar Bush to write the report Science The Endless Frontier?
  
  
  
• Paraphrase the four questions the report tries to answer
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• The report suggests there is a obvious and immediate pool of candidates to look to as potential scientists. Who is included in this pool?
  
  
  
• List two reasons the report uses to argue that science is important to the welfare of the nation.
  
  
  
• The report argues that the rigid controls over science, imposed by the war should be removed. What reason does it give for this?
  
  
  
• The report argues for military research even in peacetime. Give two arguments it uses to make this case.
  
  
  
• Why is "basic research essential"?
  
  
  
• Where do the authors of the report think basic research should be carried out?
  
  
  
• The report talks of a "wartime deficit". This is not a negative flow of money. What are the authors talking about when they use this term?
  
  
  
• What new government agencies or programs does the report suggest should be set up? List 3.
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