TY - BOOK AU - Moore,Thomas G. TI - School for genius: the story of the Eth -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present SN - 0972557229 (hbk.) AV - LA 937 .M66 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Front Street KW - Eidgen�oessische Technische Hochschule KW - History N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0610/2006530876.html ER -