Cover story: Fire, Ice, and Physics by Rebecca Thompson
August 19, 2022
Arm yourself for the new Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, with a primer on the physics of Westeros
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Celebrating 60 years of the MIT Press, and celebrating togetherness
August 17, 2022
Earlier this summer, MIT Press staff, friends, and authors were able to gather together for the first time in more than two years to celebrate six decades of illuminating publishing.
Art, visual culture, and politics in Berlin
August 11, 2022
Highlighting several recent MIT Press books at the intersection of art and politics in Berlin.
Watch: The secret sex lives of animals
August 10, 2022
Emmanuelle Pouydebat’s Sexus Animalis argues that there is nothing unnatural in nature.
The MIT Press and Brown University Library release A New Vision for Islamic Pasts and Futures by Shahzad Bashir
August 9, 2022
An interactive, open-access born-digital publication, this groundbreaking book’s interface encourages engagement with rich visual material and multimedia evidence.
Celebrating 60 years of the MIT Press: The history of the iconic colophon
August 4, 2022
Designed by the Press’s first-ever design director Muriel Cooper in 1964, the MIT Press colophon has withstood the test of time.
Perspectives on Science digitizes its first-ever volumes
August 3, 2022
Issues one through six of Perspectives on Science are available digitally for the first time on the MIT Press Direct platform.
August Books: Methuselah’s Zoo, Of One Blood, Tornado of Life, and more
August 1, 2022
Explore a selection of our most anticipated new releases for August.
Celebrating 60 years of the MIT Press: Staff-beloved books of the ‘90s
July 28, 2022
Our most iconic ‘90s books, featuring staff favorites.
Watch: An intersectional approach to creating a culture of belonging
July 27, 2022
In Inclusion on Purpose, Ruchika Tulshyan tackles the question of how organizations can foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.