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School for genius : the story of the ETH -- the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the present /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Thomas G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rockville Centre, N.Y. : Front Street Press, [2005]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule > History.
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.