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birth
Karl von Terzaghi Born in praga on October 2, 1883, it is recognized universally as the father of the mechanics of soil. -
University graz
Terzaghi entered the Technical University of Graz to study mechanical engineering, where also it developed an interest in the theoretical mechanics -
engineer doctorate
The engineer Karl von Terghzai obtained his doctorate in engineering of the University of Graz, Austria, thanks to the publication of his studies on the construction of structures specialized for hydroelectric power stations -
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Technological institute of Massachusetts
Terzaghi was employed at the Technological Institute of Massachusetts where it initiated the first American program on mechanics of soils and achieved that this science was considered to be an important matter in the civil engineering -
Publication of his mas celebrates phrase
In view of his professional prestige, there was invited by the own Adolf Hitler to inform of the group responsible for the design of the center Nazi of Nuremberg, headquarters of the most famous mítines of the dictator. At the expense of this participation there were gained señalamientos that in 1936 led it to publishing his more famous phrase of political character: " The Mother land shows me as a Nazi, the Nazi as a Bolshevik and the Bolsheviks as a conservative idealist. -
Harvard's University
It went on to Harvard's University where it developed and exposed his course on geology applied to the engineering. -
withdraw of the university
It decides to move back as teacher to the age of 70 years. -
Theory to Practice in Soil Mechanics
I believe a book in which it describes everything what was his trip of wisdom in the career of engineering -
Death