School for Genius: The Story of ETH--The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, from 1855 to the Present

by Thomas Gale Moore

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972557229
• ISBN13: 9780972557221
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Front Street Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"