WW1 / Interwar
This is another name for the First World War.
What is "The Chemists' War"?
These were the two presidents before and during World War 2 (think 1940s).
Who are Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman?
“The war is won, but the peace is not” was said by this famous scientist.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This building was described as a cocoon of glass and concrete and is on Penn's campus.
What is the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LSRM) at Penn?
This essay by Vannevar Bush argued for funding of basic scientific research.
What is Science: The Endless Frontier?
These scientists were needed for trench warfare.
Who are geologists and / or geographers?
This group of people were heavily recruited into engineering positions during the war because of the labor shortage.
This was the first atomic explosion, on July 16, 1945.
What is the Trinity Test?
This body started with funding specifically for materials science.
What is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)?
This federal agency was established after Vannevar Bush called for a new agency in Science: The Endless Frontier.
What is the National Science Foundation (NSF)?
This type of engineer was needed for communication systems.
What is electrical?
This government body was established in 1941 by President Roosevelt to organize science and engineering for the war effort.
What is the Office of Scientific Research and Development?
This civilian headed the Manhattan Project.
Who is RJ Oppenheimer?
The launch of this Russian satellite in 1957 accelerated the inter-war arms race/space race, which caused a huge increase in the NSF budget.
What is Sputnik?
This complex was formed in response to increased demand for scientific workforce and for both basic and applied research & development during the Cold War.
What is the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex?
This was a committee that identified talent in Europe and brought them to US.
What is The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars?
This program offered tuition free courses to students so they could become engineers for the war effort.
What is the Engineering, Science and Management War Training Program (ESMWTP)?
This physicist was instrumental in the beginning of the Manhattan Project but ultimately did not want the bomb to be used.
Who is Leo Szilard?
The LRSM was designed to have these in the middle of the building and private offices on the perimeter of the building.
What are interdisciplinary laboratories?
This body now known as the Department of Energy, was part of the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex.
What is the Atomic Energy Commission?