Books and authors
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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