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Mind and Hand : The Birth of MIT.

Stratton, Julius A.

Mind and Hand : The Birth of MIT. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (802 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1 European Origins -- 2 Migration of a Heritage -- 3 The Rise of Technical Education in America -- 4 A Family Affair -- 5 Harvard -- 6 The Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard -- 7 Pre-Historic Annals of the Institute -- 8 An Auxiliary to the Cause of Education -- 9 Facts of the Founding -- 10 Persistance Perseverance -- 11 The Land-Grant Act of 1862 -- 12 Harvard Again -- 13 The Difficult Question of Money -- 14 The Building -- 15 The Society of Arts -- 16 The Committee on Publication -- 17 The Museum of Technology -- 18 The School of Industrial Science -- 19 The School Opens -- 20 The First Faculty -- 21 The First Students -- 22 The First Six Courses -- 23 A Curricular Innovation -- 24 Methods Of Teaching -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Notes -- Selected Sources -- Illustrations -- Index.

The intellectual heritage of MIT: an account of "the flow of ideas" about science and education that shaped the Institute as it emerged and that inspires it today.

9780262284486


Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History.


Electronic books.

T171.M428S77 2005

378.744/4

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