"Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task. The rewards of such exploration both for the Nation and the individual are great. Scientific progress is one essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to higher standard of living, and to our cultural progress." -- Vannevar Bush, inventor and politician (b. 1890-03-11, d. 1974-06-30), letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1945-07-05