Ideas

ETH Zurich: Where Context Favors Innovation
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-3-0340-1242-3
Verlag: Chronos

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 105 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 180 g

A place where groundbreaking scientific ideas are born or perfected. A place that typifies an inspiring environment where above all, innovation is possible. A place where young talented scientists have a chance.
One such place is ETH Zurich—a thrusting engine of ideas for over 150 years.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Folkers, Gerd

Schmid, Martin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Gerd Folkers / Martin Schmid: Foreword

Ralph Eichler: Hotbed of Technological Change

Ulrich W. Suter: Molecular Megalomania

Giovanni Felder: This Is not How Physics Is Done! Or Is It?

Roland Siegwart: Talents, Education and Freedom—The Engine of Innovation

Lino Guzzella: There Is Nothing so Practical as a Good Theory

Michael Ambühl: Janos, Johann, John—Budapest, Zurich, Princeton

Peter Edwards / Gerhard Schmitt: Seeking Sustainability

Beat H. Meier: When Photography and Microscopes Fail

Gerd Folkers / Martin Schmid: An Eternal Vision

Olaf Kübler: Simpler Living in the 2000-Watt Society

Werner Oechslin: The Fascination over New York: “Les gratte-ciel sont plus grands que les architects”