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Introduction to Algorithms

A comprehensive update of the leading algorithms text, with new material on matchings in bipartite graphs, online algorithms, machine learning, and other topics.

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Software Studies series relaunch

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Winnie Soon, and Jichen Zhu have joined founding editor Noah Wardrip-Fruin to revamp the series to integrate a wide range of disciplines, including mathematics, critical race theory, software art, and queer theory.

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The Digital Closet

An exploration of how heteronormative bias is deeply embedded in the internet, hidden in algorithms, keywords, content moderation, and more. A Next Big Idea Club nominee.

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Quanta wins 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting

We are proud to partner with Quanta in publishing accessible, essential titles with the latest findings in challenging, speculative, and cutting-edge science.

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Daydreaming and Concentration: What the Science Says Cognitive psychologist Stefan Van der Stigchel unpacks the myths and facts about mind-wandering.

By Stefan Van der Stigchel

Public Opinions on Immigrants and Refugees: Does the Data Inform or Misinform Us? In this episode of the Harvard Data Science Review podcast, we dive into the data on refugees and immigration.

By The Editors of HDSR

Expecting the Unexpected: Wagner and the Language of Longing Not content with writing the music of his time, Richard Wagner proposed that his job as a composer was to write the music of the future.

By David Huron

Frescoes in the Desert: Alois Musil and the Rewriting of Islamic Pasts When it comes to the modern history of Islamic art, the story of Musil's "discovery" of Qusayr ‘Amra epitomizes the difference between objects as they exist and knowledge about them.

By Shahzad Bashir

Spotlight: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series

Content by Kate Eichhorn

From the time we roll out of bed to check overnight updates to our last posts, likes, and views of the previous day, we’re consuming and producing content. But what does the term “content” even mean? Kate Eichhorn offers a concise introduction to content and the content industry, examining the far-reaching effects content has on culture, politics, and labor in a digital age.

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers accessible, concise, beautifully produced books on topics of current interest. Written by leading thinkers, the books in this series deliver expert overviews of subjects that range from the cultural and the historical to the scientific and the technical.

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