Chapter ID: CBB000330998

Discovering Switzerland: Internationalisation among Nordic Students of Technology prior to World War II (2003)

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Myllyntaus, Timo (Author)


Pages: 299--328
Publication date: 2003
Language: English


Description Analyzes the studies of Nordic students at Die Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule in Zürich in the 19th and 20th centuries in order to explain “why they left their countries and chose that particular university.”


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Book Simões, Ana; Carneiro, Ana; Diogo, Marian Paula (2003) Travels of Learning: A Geography of Science in Europe. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sörlin, Sverker
Nielsen, May-Brith Ohman
Asdal, Kristin
Atkinson, Beate Kristin Ellerås
Atkinson, Ola Thomas
Gradmann, Christoph
Journals
HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology
Science in Context
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Environment and History
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Publishers
Ashgate Publishing
Novus Forlag
Scandinavian Academic Press
Concepts
Universities and colleges
Science and politics
Cross-national interaction
Travel; exploration
Railroads
Technology
People
Carson, Rachel Louise
Gunnerus, Johan Ernst
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Scandinavia; Nordic countries
Europe
Institutions
International Business Machines Corporation
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (1760-)
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