School for genius : the story of the Eth -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present / by Thomas G. Moore.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Front Street , 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0972557229 (hbk.)
  • 9780972557221 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LA 937 .M66 2005
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Contents:
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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection LA 937 .M66 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98632732

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.

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