An Extraordinary Window on the World
By Shane Geha | General |
Where would you be if you were at a world-class university that boasts amongst its alumni 23 Heads of State, including 8 U.S. Presidents; a Japanese Crown Princess; 2 U.S. Chief Justices; 7 world Prime Ministers; 49 Nobel Prize laureates; 23 Pulitzer Prize winners; a UN Secretary General; and 22 billionaires? You would unmistakably be standing before that famed 1631 sandstone and iron gate with the emblem containing the Latin word Veritas - the Truth. The truth is that you would be at Harvard.
Happy Birthday Coat Hanger
By Shane Geha | General |
It's not easy to build a bridge and I can assure you as an engineer, that it's not easy to build the Harbour Bridge - a Through0Type Arch Bridge of significant proportions.
The Nightmare of Red Tape
By Shane Geha | General |
Contrary to conventional wisdom, red tape was developed in Europe to speed things up rather than slow things down.
Today’s Gordian Knot
By Shane Geha | General |
Stendhal, the famed 19 th Century French Realist once observed that “only great minds can afford a simple style”.
It has to be Bigger in Texas
By Shane Geha | General |
Do you agree that ‘’everything is bigger in Texas’’? Based on my latest first-hand observations, I would say that is quite true.
Art Imitating Life or Life Imitating Art?
By Shane Geha | General |
So, there I was at the Renzo Piano inspired Chicago Art Gallery, face to face with some of the most expensive and splendiferous art in the world.
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