Celebrating 100 books in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
September 5, 2024
MIT Press staff members share their favorites from the iconic Essential Knowledge series as we reach a landmark 100 books.
September 5, 2024
MIT Press staff members share their favorites from the iconic Essential Knowledge series as we reach a landmark 100 books.
May 23, 2023
The broad-ranging series, which provides fundamental basics on complex, pressing topics, is hitting a major milestone and looking to the future.
March 13, 2023
The brain is complicated. Learning about it doesn’t have to be.
February 20, 2019
In this extract from Zoltan Torey’s ‘The Conscious Mind’, which published in 2014 as part of our Essential Knowledge Series, the author explains the emergence of the ‘mind’.
August 17, 2017
We asked John Jordan, Nayan Ruparelia, and Paul E. Ceruzzi to comment briefly on what essential knowledge they hope students might get from their books.