Books and authors

National Engineers Week: A Q&A with Nancy Leveson

February 23, 2012

On system safety and the book "Engineering a Safer World:Systems Thinking Applied to Safety"

Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Engineering Systems, Faculty, MIT Press

Unique languages, universal patterns

February 23, 2012

MIT linguist reveals how modern English resembles Old Japanese, and other surprising convergences between far-flung tongues.

Also labeled: English, Faculty, Japan, Linguistics, Literature, languages and writing

National Engineers Week: A Q&A with Olivier de Weck

February 22, 2012

On engineering systems and the book Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World

Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Engineering Systems, Faculty, MIT Press, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE)

MIT Press book Engineering Systems wins Honorable Mention for 2011 PROSE Award

February 7, 2012

Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Engineering Systems, Faculty, MIT Press

An important new book on alumnus Robert Taylor

February 1, 2012

The nation’s first professionally trained African-American architect

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Architecture, Diversity

Said and Done for January 2012

January 26, 2012

The humanities, arts and social sciences monthly digest.

Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Economics, Faculty, Health, Humanities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Literature, languages and writing, Music, Policy, Social sciences, Students, Theater, Video games

Third book in new MIT Press Engineering Systems Book Series now available

January 25, 2012

Engineering a Safer World: Systems Thinking Applied to Safety by Nancy Leveson

Also labeled: Engineering Systems, MIT Press

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing

January 25, 2012

Study group is tackling hard questions about what it will take to stoke renewal.

Also labeled: Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Biology, Collaboration, Future of Manufacturing, Manufacturing, MIT presidency, Policy, Political science, Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), Research, President Obama, State of the Union, Engineering Systems

How to kick-start new energy technologies

December 22, 2011

Three-year study produces proposals for boosting energy innovation to meet growing demand, curb global warming.

Also labeled: Alternative energy, Energy, Faculty, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Nuclear power and reactors, Nuclear science and engineering, Policy, Research, Technology and society, MIT Press

Bridging the divide

December 9, 2011

New study shows how integrated institutions can lead diverse populations to cooperate in rebuilding countries.

Also labeled: Government, Political science, Religion, Afghanistan, State-building

Vegan chef and author dishes on healthy food and dining at MIT

December 8, 2011

3 Questions with a Bon Appétit chef visiting campus this week to showcase vegan cooking in the dining halls and dorm kitchens.

Also labeled: Campus Dining, Community, Food, Special events and guest speakers, Students, Vegan

Professor emeritus Adel Sarofim SM ’57, ScD ’62 dies at 77

December 8, 2011

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Chemistry and chemical engineering, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Obituaries

MIT Sloan professor and alumnus earn places on year-end best books list

December 6, 2011

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty, Management

IPC Forum on Energy Innovation

November 22, 2011

New ways of developing clean, reliable, affordable U.S. energy supplies

Also labeled: Alternative energy, Energy, Faculty, Government, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Nuclear science and engineering, Policy, Special events and guest speakers, Sustainability

How we (should) decide

November 22, 2011

Philosopher aims to develop theories of practical rationality that may just help us make real-world decisions.

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Humanities, Philosophy

Engineering Systems Division and MIT Press launch book series

November 16, 2011

Also labeled: Collaboration, Engineering Systems, Faculty, MIT Press, Research

Rethinking the fall of Rome’s republic

November 9, 2011

Historian’s innovative hypothesis paints new picture of ancient Italy and aims to explain how the Roman Republic fell.

Also labeled: History, Italy, Social sciences, Faculty, Research

Samuels receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star

November 7, 2011

Japanese government honors political scientist for significant contributions to scholarship and promoting friendly relations.

Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Center for International Studies, Faculty, Japan, MISTI, Political science, Social sciences

Second book in new MIT Press Engineering Systems Book Series now available

November 4, 2011

Also labeled: Engineering Systems, Faculty

New books from the School of Architecture + Planning

September 28, 2011

Addressing the environment, cities, architecture, angry people and ‘Creative Magic’

Also labeled: Architecture, Cities, Environment, Faculty, History, Media Lab, Urban studies and planning

Pulling back the curtain

September 16, 2011

MIT anthropologist Graham Jones peers into the mysterious world of professional magicians.

Also labeled: Anthropology, Social sciences, Magic, France, Paris

Said and Done for September 2011

September 15, 2011

The humanities, arts and social sciences monthly digest

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Anthropology, Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Economics, Environment, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Humanities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Manufacturing, Oceanography and ocean engineering, Political science, Research, Science writing, Social sciences

Cracking the code

September 6, 2011

MIT sociologist’s book takes an insider look at investment banking and the high-risk trades that can spin out of control.

Also labeled: Technology and society, Banking, Faculty, Finance, Global economic crisis, Social sciences

Said and Done

August 17, 2011

Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for July/August 2011.

Also labeled: Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Economics, Ethics, Faculty, Foreign policy, History, Humanities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Japan, Linguistics, Music, Poverty, Research, Social sciences, Game design

Polishing its reputation for experimental lit, MIT to host the Electronic Literature Organization

August 10, 2011

Also labeled: Arts, Collaboration, Comparative Media Studies, Digital, Humanities, Literature, languages and writing

Milestone for MIT Press’s bestseller

August 10, 2011

What began as lecture notes for an MIT computer-science class has become the standard text in the field, selling half a million copies in 20 years.

Also labeled: Algorithms, Computer science and technology, Electrical engineering and electronics, MIT Press

Said and Done

July 4, 2011

Humanities, arts and social sciences digest for June 2011

Also labeled: Anthropology, Arts, Awards, honors and fellowships, Commencement, Economics, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, History, Humanities, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Japan, MIT150, Research, Social sciences, Students, Undergraduate

'Deaths of Others' in America's Wars

July 1, 2011

A book about the fate of civilians of those we fight and those we fight for

Also labeled: Afghanistan, Center for International Studies, Security studies and military, Iraq

Hippie days

June 27, 2011

How a handful of countercultural scientists changed the course of physics in the 1970s and helped open up the frontier of quantum information.

Also labeled: Encryption, Faculty, History of science, Physics, Quantum computing, Technology and society

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