1962: Strategy and Structure & 1988: The Theory of Industrial Organization
October 26, 2012
We’ve grouped a couple of books for day 5 of our 50th anniversary series.
1961: Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine
October 25, 2012
It’s day 4 of our 50th anniversary series. Here’s an excerpt from John B. Thurston’s review of the first edition of Norbert Wiener’s Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948). The review appeared in the April 23, 1949 issue of The Saturday Review of Literature:
1959: Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen
October 23, 2012
For day 2 of our 50th anniversary series, Production Coordinator Kate Elwell dug up a few Production facts about Steen Eiler Rasmussen’s Experiencing Architecture:
Rivals Clash on Foreign Policy
October 22, 2012
We’re posting this week’s Election Tuesday piece a bit early because it directly relates to the final presidential debate. David L. Phillips, author of Liberating Kosovo: Coercive Diplomacy and U. S. Intervention, discusses the candidates’ stances on foreign policy and urges them to consider important lessons from America’s recent experiences.
Open Access Evolution?
It’s Open Access Week! We’ll feature guest posts from a few of our authors to celebrate Open Access throughout the week. Today’s post is by John Willinsky, author of The Access Principle:The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship.
50 Years of Influential Publishing
This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the MIT Press, a milestone that has us reflecting on the significance of our work. I hasten to add that “our work” refers to the efforts of a very large community of authors, book and journal editors, peer reviewers, researchers, freelancers, publishing partners, as well as current and former MIT Press staff.
Social Learning in Democratic Elections
October 16, 2012
What does social learning have to do with presidential elections? Mark Earls, coauthor of I’ll Have What She’s Having, explains.
The Invention of Heterosexual Culture
October is LGBT History Month. We’ll be posting about a few of our related titles each Friday in October. Today’s post is an excerpt from The Invention of Heterosexual Culture by Louis-Georges Tin.
Atari 2600 Turns 35
Happy 35th Birthday, Atari! Here’s a toast (in the form of an excerpt) from Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost’s Racing the Beam.
Understanding Pain
October 2, 2012
Pain is a biological enigma. It is protective, but not always. Its effects are not only sensory but also emotional. There is no way to measure it objectively, no test that comes back positive for pain; the only way a medical professional can gauge pain is by listening to the patient’s description of it. The idea of pain as a test of character or a punishment to be borne is changing; prevention and treatment of pain are increasingly important to researchers, clinicians, and patients. In honor of Pain Awareness Month, here’s an excerpt from Understanding Pain by Fernando Cervero. In Understanding Pain, Cervero explores the nature of pain: why it hurts and why some pain is good and some pain is bad.