From the world brain to the first transatlantic information dialogue

The Bridge, the International Institute for the Organization of Intellectual Work

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  • Foundation in 1911 with many famous international members: Andrew Carnegie, Marie Curie, Selma Lagerloef, Henri Poincare, Ernest Solvay, Bertha von Suttner and others

  • The Bridge as the World Brain

  • Memorial on the foundation of an International Institute of Chemistry in 1914

  • Prehistory as advertizing company

  • Paul Otlet became Honorary President of the Bridge


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