A generation of excellence : a history of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research /

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research originated at the University of Toronto in the early 1980s. Since that time, it has gone from a small, independent centre to an important and revered institution with a significant role in the study of sciences, social sciences, and humanities in Canada....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Robert Craig, 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research > History.
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Research institutes > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Research > Canada > History.
HISTORY > Canada > Post-Confederation (1867- )
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Research
Research institutes
Canada
Ontario > Toronto
Electronic books.
History
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  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Leyerleâ€?s Idea""; ""2 Getting Started""; ""3 First Business""; ""4 The AIRS Program""; ""5 Expansion of the Mandate""; ""6 Origins: The Universe and the Tree of Life""; ""7 Population Health""; ""8 Superconductivity""; ""9 Years of Testing""; ""10 Origins II""; ""11 Economic Growth and Policy""; ""12 Human Development""; ""13 The Science of Soft Surfaces and Interfaces""; ""14 The Knife Edge""; ""15 The Law Program""; ""16 New Leadership""; ""17 Nanoelectronics""; ""18 Renewal""; ""Appendix A: CIAR Research Program Members""
  • Appendix B: CIAR Advisory CommitteesAppendix C: CIAR Research Council
  • Appendix D: CIAR Board of Directors
  • Appendix E: CIAR Staff
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
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