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Fred Terman at Stanford

Building a Discipline, a University, and Silicon Valley

Fred Terman at Stanford( )
Author: Gillmor, C. Stewart
ISBN:978-0-8047-4914-5
Publication Date:Sep 2004
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $90.00
Book Description:

"Stewart Gillmor has chronicled a grand saga, illuminating how Fred Terman--pragmatic engineer, inspiring teacher, visionary academic administrator--catalyzed the extraordinary rise of Stanford to the top rank of universities and its symbiotic creation of far-reaching economic and social capital. This fine book, comprehensive and acutely insightful, documents the transforming power of intellectual readership." --Dudley Herschbach, Harvard University, Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1986

Book Details
Pages:672
Detailed Subjects: Education / Schools / Levels / Higher
Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.942 x 9.906 x 0.585 Inches
Book Weight:2.944 Pounds



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