School for genius : the story of the Eth -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present /
Moore, Thomas G.
School for genius : the story of the Eth -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present / by Thomas G. Moore. - 1st ed. - New York : Front Street , 2005. - xii, 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
I: Toward an ideal of excellence -- The transforming power of the mind -- The ETH and the Swiss paradox -- The seed is planted -- Birth pangs -- II: A century of achievement -- The age of industrialization, 1855-1905 -- A quantum leap, 1905-1955 -- The revolution in structural engineering -- The ETH and Switzerland's national defense -- III: The ETH in the modern age -- The acceleration of science, 1955-2005 -- New visions of architecture and design -- The ETH today and tomorrow -- Engaging the future.
0972557229 (hbk.) 9780972557221 (hbk.)
2006530876
GBA552629 bnb
013225827 Uk
Eidgen�oessische Technische Hochschule--History.
LA 937 .M66 2005
School for genius : the story of the Eth -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present / by Thomas G. Moore. - 1st ed. - New York : Front Street , 2005. - xii, 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
I: Toward an ideal of excellence -- The transforming power of the mind -- The ETH and the Swiss paradox -- The seed is planted -- Birth pangs -- II: A century of achievement -- The age of industrialization, 1855-1905 -- A quantum leap, 1905-1955 -- The revolution in structural engineering -- The ETH and Switzerland's national defense -- III: The ETH in the modern age -- The acceleration of science, 1955-2005 -- New visions of architecture and design -- The ETH today and tomorrow -- Engaging the future.
0972557229 (hbk.) 9780972557221 (hbk.)
2006530876
GBA552629 bnb
013225827 Uk
Eidgen�oessische Technische Hochschule--History.
LA 937 .M66 2005