Talk:Karl von Terzaghi

Neutrality
Language is very florid and opinionated on this and needs a lot of work. I don't normally edit Wikipedia articles, but this one is pretty egregious. Basically everything is pulled from the Goodman book, and it shows. Some examples:

"He set up a laboratory using only the most rudimentary of equipment, and began his revolution."

"In 1924 he published much of this in his Magnum Opus, Erdbaumechanik (Soil Mechanics), which revolutionized the field to great acclaim."

"Terzaghi was much sought-after as a dinner companion and was a fascinating conversationalist. His striking good looks and evident power was very attractive to women."

--User:Anonymous 14:51, 21 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.112.230.241 (talk)

It looks as though the article has been substantially revised since 2015. I will be editing the page in the next week or so when I get a copy of the de Boer book for reference. Unless there are further objections, I'd like to take down the [POV] template at that time.

Jsinnreich (talk) 14:10, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Pronunciation
Can anyone please tell what the pronunciation of 'Terzaghi' is like? --Sjhan81 15:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure. It's like ter (like in tern or turn) zzzzz ahhhhh gggg (like in good) eeee. Sorry, I don't know how to do pronunciation text well. Basar 22:09, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :) --Sjhan81 05:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Istanbul link
Does the last link to the school in Istambul work for anyone. My browser just says "Waiting for www.fbe.itu.edu.tr... for about 5 minutes. Then goes to done with a blank screen. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TwoWildnCrazyKids (talk • contribs).
 * No it doesn't work. If you want to see what was there, you can see Google's cache of it here: Google Basar 22:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Something is wrong here
This article paints an unrealistic and far too pretty picture of v. T. It is suggested that the book of Boer (The Engineer and the scandal) be consulted to to give a more accurate account of this not very sympathetic - and from a scientific point of view, extremely harmful, person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.123.210.10 (talk) 22:31, 13 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed — a concise overview was given by Fannin in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.
 * —DIV (128.250.80.15 (talk) 06:01, 31 July 2008 (UTC))
 * Clarification : de Boer et alii describe Terzaghi as having "acted honourably" in that affair.
 * REINT DE BOER, R. L. SCHIFFMAN and R. E. GIBSON; “Origins of the theory of consolidation:  the Terzaghi–Fillunger dispute”;  Géotechnique;  Institution of Civil Engineers, London, England;  June 1996;  XLVI (2): pp. 175–186.
 * —DIV (128.250.80.15 (talk) 05:11, 1 August 2008 (UTC))

help me
where is karl buried —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.12.83.67 (talk) 02:56, 19 February 2010 (UTC)  in Turkey.

Daughter
Karl Terzaghi had a daughter, born in 1941. I noticed that the article mentions his son but not Margaret. would someone mind adding this in? thanks P.S. fun fact, Margaret is actually my neighbor, however, she goes by Peggy now. 209.198.59.61 (talk) 17:17, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

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