Books and authors
Said and Done
May 4, 2010
Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for May 2010
Saša Stanišić on "How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone"
May 4, 2010
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Also labeled: Special events and guest speakers
Charles Batterman, longtime MIT diving coach, dies at age 87
April 8, 2010
A former national champion, he pioneered the use of physics principles in the analysis of dives.
Said and Done
April 5, 2010
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences digest for April 2010
Rough calculations
March 29, 2010
Sanjoy Mahajan’s new book, Street-Fighting Mathematics, lays out practical tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty problem-solving
Said and Done: Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for March 2010
March 2, 2010
Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Economic recession, Economics, Humanities, Music
Cell-inspired electronics
February 25, 2010
By mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.
Said and Done: humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for January 2010
February 1, 2010
Also labeled: Arts, Economics, Global economic crisis, Humanities, Music, Science writing, Social sciences
Haldeman receives highest honor in science fiction
January 15, 2010
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for 2010
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships
The 'signature novel' of the decade
December 21, 2009
Junot Díaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' cited as a defining work
Not easy being green
December 18, 2009
MIT historian Harriet Ritvo explains how a battle to save an English lake helped found modern environmentalism — but might worry greens today
Travels With Melville: Wyn Kelley's excellent adventure
November 24, 2009
Melville scholarship takes Kelley to Tahiti, the Galapagos, China, and the Middle East
Also labeled: Arts, Energy, Global, Literature, languages and writing, Oceanography and ocean engineering
Three of a kind
November 20, 2009
MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa explains how the hidden similarities of English, Japanese, and some forms of Bantu reveal language’s universal essence.
Also labeled: Linguistics, Literature, languages and writing
Anne Whiston Spirn books win multiple awards
November 16, 2009
'Daring to Look' and 'The Granite Garden' honored
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