A Generation of Excellence /

A Generation of Excellence / / Craig Brown.

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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Brown, Craig,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Leyerle'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

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