People, spaces, ideas
While the MIT Press is perhaps best known internationally for our field-defining academic work, some of our most special and personal titles are the ones that bring MIT's people, spaces, and unique culture to the world, and to our wide network of alumni and supporters.
People
Like any institution, MIT is defined by our people—the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have each left an indelible mark on our campus. Our books delve deep into these stories with biographies of Nobel prize-winning biologist Salvador Luria or nanotech pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus, as well as books like Technology and the Dream which collects personal reflections of the Black experience at MIT or Portraits of Resilience which explores mental health in a competitive and high-pressure environment like MIT.
Spaces
The MIT campus is renowned for its architectural details—from the topsy-turvy jigsaw puzzle that is the Stata Center to the world-famous mixing bowl of the infinite corridor to the meditative beauty of the campus chapel. So it is unsurprising that many of our MIT books focus on the campus as a physical space. We also pull back the lens to explore MIT's proximity and partnerships with the broader community of Kendall Square, “the most innovative square mile on the planet," with books like Where Futures Converge by Bob Buderi and Born in Cambridge by Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta.
Ideas
Lastly, our books memorialize the history and moments that transform a university campus into a remarkable experience. March 4 captures the zeitgeist and speeches of an anti-war protest on campus and Nightwork shares the history of MIT's most famous and colorful pranks. Books like Muriel Cooper and Countless Connecting Threads highlight the design and physical objects that are the hallmark of MIT's visual culture.
Enjoy this selection of recent works about MIT's people, places, and ideas.
"They say that the longer a couple are married the more they come to resemble one another. That is certainly true of MIT Press and the Institute. MIT is constantly pushing back the boundaries of knowledge. MIT Press is constantly expanding what it means to be a university press.”
Jay Keyser, Peter de Florez Emeritus Professor in MIT's Department of Linguistics and editor-in-chief of Linguistic Inquiry
March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023
October 25, 2022
June 7, 2022
May 10, 2022
May 3, 2022
September 7, 2021
August 3, 2021
The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
October 20, 2020
August 11, 2020
November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019
June 25, 2019
April 23, 2019
February 26, 2019
February 19, 2019
June 1, 2018
Norbert Wiener—A Life in Cybernetics
March 23, 2018
November 16, 2017
September 22, 2017
March 24, 2017
November 4, 2016
October 28, 2016
February 5, 2016
The Life Journey of an MIT Family
November 21, 2014
June 7, 2013
September 14, 2012
September 30, 2011
March 11, 2011
February 25, 2011
Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering
February 5, 2010
February 13, 2009
May 5, 2005
April 20, 2004
Jerry Wiesner, Scientist, Statesman, Humanist
December 5, 2003
August 29, 2003
May 29, 2003
March 17, 2003
March 17, 2003
Systematic Analysis of University Libraries
March 17, 2003
February 28, 2003
November 22, 2002
October 12, 2001
August 24, 2001
October 10, 2000
Exploring the Art and Science of Stopping Time
November 8, 1999
Architects of the Information Society
April 12, 1999
Reflections of the Dream, 1975–1994
April 18, 1996
September 2, 1993
September 23, 1991
Artificial Intelligence at MIT
June 22, 1990
Cecil And Ida Green, Philanthropists Extraordinary
June 22, 1989
A Photographic History of Cambridge
November 21, 1984
Lifelong Cooperative Education
August 18, 1983
September 23, 1982
June 15, 1978
December 15, 1976
Women in Science and Technology
August 15, 1974
Women and the Scientific Professions
June 15, 1967
Guide to Cambridge Architecture
July 15, 1969
April 15, 1967