Description |
1 online resource (xv, 220 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
1. An Uncertain Future -- 2. Tenure in the Tumult -- 3. From Soils to Species -- 4. Advancing and Diffusing -- 5. Thwarted Reform -- 6. Instituting a New Education -- 7. Convergence of Interests -- 8. Reception of the Idea -- 9. This Fatal Year |
Summary |
"Conceptual founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, William Barton Rogers was a highly influential scientific mind and educational reformer of the nineteenth century. A.J. Angulo recounts the largely unknown story of one man's ideas and how they gave way to the creation of one of America's premier institutions of higher learning." "Exploring the intersection of Rogers's educational philosophy and the rise of technical institutes in America, this biography offers a long-overdue account of the man behind MIT."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-212) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882.
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Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882
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Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882 fast |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- History
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Presidents -- Biography
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology fast |
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College presidents -- Massachusetts -- Biography
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Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History
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Engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History
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College presidents
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Engineering -- Study and teaching
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Presidents
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Science -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Massachusetts
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008013749 |
ISBN |
9781421400297 |
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1421400294 |
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