This collection provides nine classic works on the efforts of U.S. scientists during World War II. The first eight volumes tell the history of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, while the ninth volume presents a model of relations between the state and science.

• Scientists against Time, James P. Baxter III. Boston, 1946
• Organizing Scientific Research for the War: The Administrative History of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, Irvin Stewart. Boston, 1948
• Advances in Military Medicine, E.C. Andrus et al. Boston, 1948
• Applied Physics: Electronics, Optics, Metallurgy, C.G. Suit et al., eds. Boston, 1948
• Chemistry, W.A. Noyes, ed. Boston, 1948
• Combat Scientists, Lincoln R. Thiesmeyer and John E. Burchard. Boston, 1947
• New Weapons for Air Warfare: Fire-Control Equipment, Proximity Fuses, and Guided Missiles, Joseph C. Burchard, ed. Boston, 1947
• Rockets, Guns, and Targets, John E. Burchard, ed. Boston, 1948
• Science: The Endless Frontier, Vannevar Bush. Boston, 1945