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!
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.
October 31, 2013
Happy Halloween! We hope that your Halloween includes candy, costumes, and…ghost stories!
October 28, 2013
Here’s Five minutes with Lane Relyea, author of Your Everyday Art World.
October 25, 2013
The Classic Reissue series highlights new editions of long-time MIT Press classics. See previous posts from the series on Learnability and Cognition and Matter and Consciousness.
October 23, 2013
Our first Open Access Week post came from Charlie Schweik, author of Internet Success. Today, we have Peter Suber author of Open Access, part of our MIT Essential Knowledge Series.
October 18, 2013
The Classic Reissue series highlights new editions of four long-time MIT Press classics.
October 14, 2013
For Columbus Day, we thought we’d ask Nicolás Wey Gómez, author of The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies, to share with us some thoughts on “the Discoverer.”
October 11, 2013
The Classic Reissue series highlights new editions of four long-time MIT Press classics and will run each Friday over the next month.
October 9, 2013
Earlier today, President Obama announced his nomination of Janet L. Yellen to be the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, succeeding Ben Bernanke. If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Yellen would become the first woman to lead the central banking system of the United States.