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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, Thomas G. Moore is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This Is The Remarkable, 150-year Story Of Continental Europe's Leading University. The School Was Forged At The Dawn Of The Industrial Age, As The Technological Progress First Demonstrated By Britain Spread Across Europe And America In The 19th Century. On The Continent The Swiss Were First To Perceive The Potential Of The Industrial Revolution, And After Much Democratic Debate Among Their Various Cantons, Created The First National School In Their History. It Was Not Only A Milestone For The Swiss But A Large Leap For The Continent, As The Zurich-based Eth (in Swiss Parlance) Went On To Produce 21 Nobel Prize Winners, Including Einstein And Roentgen, And Other Notables Such As Psychiatrist Carl Jung And Othmar Amman, The Bridge-builder Whose Beautiful Creations Now Surround The Island Of Manhattan.^ The University Currently Participates In The World's Most Sophisticated Particle Physics Research Facility, And Continues To Be Ranked Number One On The Continent In Surveys Undertaken By Such Disparate Institutions As Shanghai University And The Times Of London. However Prominent Eth May Be In Today's World - Often Referred To As The Mit Of Europe - Its History Provides Additional Fas
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- Author
- Thomas Moore, Thomas G. Moore
- Publisher
- Front Street ; Greenhill [distributor
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780972557221
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Education, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 2.5 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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