Lighting the city, changing the world

a history of the sciences at the University of San Francisco

Lighting the city, changing the world
Alan Ziajka, Alan Ziajka
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Lighting the city, changing the world

a history of the sciences at the University of San Francisco

"The University of San Francisco, founded in 1855 as the first institution of higher education in the city of San Francisco, drew upon its rich Jesuit academic heritage to initiate a robust science program during its first decades. This book chronicles of the history of the science program at the university from its beginnings to today"--Provided by publisher.

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English
Pages
189

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Table of Contents

Foreword
The city's first science program
The president's commitment
Lighting the city
The first science students
Science and technology come to San Francisco
The Jesuit and the lady
The golden age for science
Earthquake and fire
Recovery and rebuilding
Shirt factory science
Preparing doctors
Over there
Science in war and peace
Science and technology roar into the 1920s
On the cliff
A new home
Resilience during the Great Depression
The chemistry professor
Going to war
The war ends
The postwar science faculty
New directions, new students
Centennial
Outer space, computers, and chemical biology
Challenging times
Changing course
Preparing students for life
Global science
Science for the new millennium
The armillary sphere.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178)and index.

Published in
Virginia Beach, VA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
378.794/61
Library of Congress
LD4881.S162 Z535 2014

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Pagination
189 pages
Number of pages
189

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL31037636M
ISBN 13
9781578649341
LCCN
2014031817

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL23203354W

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