Information Science, Vannevar Bush, Oppenheimer, the atomic bomb and Brazil, all together and mixed

Authors

  • Johanna Wilhelmina Smit Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

Keywords:

Robert Oppenheimer, Vannevar Bush, Manhattan Project, Information Science

Abstract

The essay explores the relationships between Vannevar Bush, considered one of the fathers of Information Science and author of the article “As we may think”, Robert Oppenheimer, called the father of the atomic bomb, and some repercussions of the Manhattan project in Brazil.

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Author Biography

Johanna Wilhelmina Smit, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Comunicações e Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

Possui graduação em biblioteconomia e documentação pela Universidade de São Paulo (1970), mestrado em Documentação - École Pratique des Hautes Etudes (1973) e doutorado em Análise do discurso pela Universidade de Paris-I (1977). Docente junto ao Departamento de Informação e Cultura da ECA/USP entre 1981 e 2013, com atuação na graduação e pós-graduação. Aposentada, ainda exerceu por 4 anos a função de docente sênior junto à instituição. Dirigiu o Arquivo Geral da Universidade de São Paulo entre 2005 e 2013.

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BUSH, Vannevar. As we may think. Atlantic Monthly, julho 1945. Disponível em: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-may-think/303881/ Acesso em: 1 jul. 2024.

BUSH, Vannevar – página na Wikipedia, disponível em: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannevar_Bush. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

KELLY, Cynthia C. A guide to the Manhattan Project in Washington State. Washington, D.C.: Atomic Heritage Foundation, 2018.

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MARQUES, Alfredo. CBPF: da descoberta do Méson- π aos dez primeiros anos. Relatório CBPF-CS-031/97, disponível em http://cbpfindex.cbpf.br/publication_pdfs/cs03197.2010_08_20_16_26_11.pdf Acesso em: 20 jul. 2024.

OPPENHEIMER, Robert - página na Wikipedia. Disponível em: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.

OPPENHEIMER. Direção: Christopher Nolan. [S.l.]: NBC Universalbrazil, 2023. 1 vídeo (180 min). Disponível em https://youtu.be/8CSD32QFLW8?si=yowa6-AiU6-NVMIy. Acesso em 23 jul. 2024.

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TOOMEY, Elizabeth. The Manhattan Project at Hanford Site. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2015.

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Published

2024-11-07

How to Cite

Smit, J. W. (2024). Information Science, Vannevar Bush, Oppenheimer, the atomic bomb and Brazil, all together and mixed. Revista Ibero-Americana De Ciência Da Informação, 17(3), 635–643. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/RICI/article/view/55011

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 3 (2024): Revista Ibero-americana de Ciência da Informação

Section

Ensaios

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