TY - BOOK AU - Moore,Thomas G TI - School for genius: the story of the ETH -- SN - 9780972557221 AV - LA937.M824.S366 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Rockville Centre, New York PB - Front Street Press KW - Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule KW - History KW - Universities and colleges KW - Switzerland KW - Zurich N1 - Acc. numbers 103015; 1 (pages 243-246) and index; 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; 2 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0610/2006530876.html ER -