As We May Think (by Vannevar Bush, 1945)


	As We May Think (by Vannevar Bush, 1945)

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8-16-2008 10:03 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3020e6ba-a168-4327-ada5-571b746bd4ec/4000C084-8006-423C-AFCC-CA0F055776F9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/194507/bush" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/194507/bush" style="font-size: 11px;">www.theatlantic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/194507/bush"><H1>As We May Think</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/194507/bush"><DIV id="storytop">
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<SPAN id="timestamp">July 1945 Atlantic Monthly</SPAN>
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by <SPAN class="hankpym">V</SPAN>annevar <SPAN class="hankpym">B</SPAN>ush
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