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Ludwig knocks you out! (Beethoven's 5th Symphony)

His 200th birthday was in 1970--when I drove thru Wien (Vienna) and saw those big signs everywhere (happy birthday Beethoven)---His things were displayed in a temporary museum they had set up. Of course I went in.---I saw his piano there and couldn't resist---I punched sol-sol-sol-mi... ---and two big guards didn't let me go on fa-fa-fa-re...)
The world celebates Ludwig van Beethoven's 240th birthday and thanks him for all the wonderful music he has created, even after he couldn't hear anymore. At the end of his 9th Symphony he repeats "diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt" (these kisses are for the whole world).
Here's a sample of the beauty he created: Moonlight sonata. This video was watched 24 million times on UTube---I take it as 24 million kisses to Ludwig back from the whole world.

Geotechnical Engineering:
The technology we invent and constantly expand and improve
to make the Earth a better place.
Here is the original narrow definition of geotechnical engineering.

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Articles

Features

Corners

Earth Tones

Proof that All Numbers are Created Equal

by M. Oner

Real Photographs for Geotechs

by iGEM

Deepest Borehole Ever Drilled!

by iGEM Team

Life on Mars

by P. Mayne

The Factor of Two

by M. Oner

"Cohesive Soil": A Dangerous Oxymoron

by J. Carlos Santamarina

Landslide in Sweden

The story and pictures from the landslide, "Skredet i Vagnhärad"

A Geotechnical Disaster

St.Francis Dam Failure by Kelita Stephens

Short and Sweet

The lighter side of Geotechnical Engineering:

Geotechnical Java

Eocene

True or False

Quotes

Deep Dark Secrets

Computer Names Geotechs Pick

Opinionated Geotechs

You must be a Geologist!
from Priscilla Nelson

Top Ten Geotechnical Websites

We gladly accept your comments and contributions on the best geotechnical engineering websites. e-mail your comments to the editor. Please see the earlier activities as a guide: Top Ten Geotechnical Company Websites of 1999.

Geotechnical Conferences and other Meetings

Check the Geotechnical Engineer's Calendar for the latest meeting announcements.

Geotechnical Engineering Book Reviews

Geotechnical engineering books are critically reviewed in these pages.

Geotechnical Software

See the productivity Software from EJGE

Or search GVL's geotechnical software catalog.

Our first Portrait of a Geotech, Suzanne Lacasse, has been elected to the US National Academy of Engineering!

Pointers

Geotechnical Hall of Fame

Karl Terzaghi's "Home Page" and other great geotechs have home pages in the Hall of Fame corner of the Magazine.

Geotechnical Jobs

Open Positions
Notices of available Geotechnical positions are posted here.

Geotechnical Reference Corner

Useful reference material for Geotechnical Engineers are found in the Geotechnical Reference Corner of the Magazine.

Soil Testing Services and Equipment Suppliers

Listing of Soil Testing Equipment Suppliers and Services

The Future of Geotechnical Engineering

To be discussed in this area:

What’s good and should be preserved?

How to preserve the good features?

What needs to be abandoned?

What needs to be replaced?

What is cooking and how to be prepared?

This is a new corner
started March 2002.
At times it may be controversial,
But it is always be exciting.

See the future here.

Portrait of a
Geotechnical Engineer

This corner of the iGEM magazine presents Portraits of Distinguished Geotechnical Engineers.