| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule -- History.
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| ISBN |
0972557229 (hbk.) |
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9780972557221 (hbk.) |
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