Ten Minutes with Hilton Root

November 18, 2013

Here’s ten minutes with Hilton Root, author of Dynamics Among Nations.

Schizo-Culture Conference Anniversary

Associate Acquisitions Editor Marc Lowenthal guest blogs today to mark the anniversary of the “Schizo-Culture” conference that was held at Columbia University in 1975:

Classic Reissue: Architect? by Roger K. Lewis

November 8, 2013

The Classic Reissue series highlights new editions of long-time MIT Press classics.  Our last book in the Classic Reissue series is Roger Lewis’s well-loved Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession, now in its third edition. Executive Editor Roger Conover shared these thoughts on the need for such a book in the market and the careful considerations for the revision:

Emil du Bois-Reymond

November 7, 2013

Have you ever heard of Emil du Bois-Reymond? If you haven’t it’s probably because according to Gabriel Finkelstein, author of Emil du Bois-Reymond: Neuroscience, Self, and Society in Nineteenth-Century Germany, this founder of electrophysiology is largely forgotten. For du Bois-Reymond’s birthday read on to discover his fascinating life. His encounter with William James is one of our favorite parts. Enjoy!

Classic Reissue: Word & Object by Willard Van Orman Quine

November 1, 2013

The Classic Reissue series highlights new editions of long-time MIT Press classics. See previous posts from the series on Learnability and Cognition, Matter and Consciousness, and The Well-Played Game.

Ghostly Apparitions

October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween! We hope that your Halloween includes candy, costumes, and…ghost stories!

Five Minutes with Lane Relyea

October 28, 2013

Here’s Five minutes with Lane Relyea, author of Your Everyday Art World.