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A Generation of Excellence /

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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Autor principal: Brown, Robert Craig, 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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 Committees""""Appendix 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""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""