The common idea that scientists reject a theory as soon as it leads to a contradiction is just not so. When they get something that works at all they plunge ahead with it and ignore its weak spots... scientists are… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Associative indexing, the basic idea of which is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another. This is the essential feature of the Memex. The process of tying two items together is… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut. — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world.… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
The responsibility for the creation of new scientific knowledge - and for most of its application - rests on that small body of men… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
It was through the Second World War that most of us suddenlyappreciated for the first time the power of man's concentrated efforts to understand… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the… — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something. — Vannevar Bush Copy Share Image
