Vannevar Bush's 1945 report to President Truman arguing that government should fund basic scientific research as a long-term national investment.
Provided the policy blueprint for the post-war US science funding system — arguing that basic research, free from immediate application pressures, is the ultimate source of practical innovation and national security.
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