Chapter 4

The impact of new power research

New power research will address the most pressing challenges people face today, in an open, transparent and involved way, improving the lives of communities everywhere

At the end of the Second World War, US President Roosevelt asked the director of the Office of Scientific Research, Vannevar Bush, to make recommendations for how the scientific and technological progress during the conflict could be applied in peace time. The Office of Scientific Research and Development was seen as a major contributor to winning the war effort, having overseen the Manhattan project and supported the development of the mass production of penicillin.

Bush published his report – Science: The Endless Frontier – in July ...

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