Bibliograph

School for genius, the story of the ETH -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present, by Thomas Moore

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School for genius, the story of the ETH -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present, by Thomas Moore

Language

eng

Illustrations

platesportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

School for genius

Oclc number

70408991

Responsibility statement

by Thomas Moore

Sub title

the story of the ETH -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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