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A Generation of Excellence tells the story of one of the country?s most remarkable institutions.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-338) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 001.406/071
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781442683952 9780802092328
- LCCN
- Q180.C3
- LCCN Item number
- B764 2007eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiii, 352 p., [16] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00222352 (OCoLC)753344968 (CaOOCEL)417284
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- History of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- 1 Leyerle’s Idea 18
- 2 Getting Started 33
- 3 First Business 46
- 4 The AIRS Program 59
- 5 Expansion of the Mandate 83
- 6 Origins: The Universe and the Tree of Life 108
- 7 Population Health 123
- 8 Superconductivity 136
- 9 Years of Testing 162
- 10 Origins II 179
- 11 Economic Growth and Policy 193
- 12 Human Development 204
- 13 The Science of Soft Surfaces and Interfaces 216
- 14 The Knife Edge 223
- 15 The Law Program 240
- 16 New Leadership 254
- 17 Nanoelectronics 277
- 18 Renewal 289
- Appendix A: CIAR Research Program Members 302
- Appendix B: CIAR Advisory Committees 308
- Appendix C: CIAR Research Council 312
- Appendix D: CIAR Board of Directors 314
- Appendix E: CIAR Staff 316
- Notes 320
- Selected Bibliography 368
- Index 370
- A 370
- B 370
- C 371
- D 374
- E 374
- F 374
- G 375
- H 375
- I 376
- J 376
- K 377
- L 377
- M 378
- N 379
- O 379
- P 379
- Q 380
- R 380
- S 381
- T 382
- U 382
- V 382
- W 383
- X 383
- Y 383
- Z 383
