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September Books: Curious Minds, In the Black Fantastic, A World in a Shell, and more

September 1, 2022

Explore some of our most anticipated new releases for September.

Featured Book: How to Stay Smart in a Smart World

August 31, 2022

Gerd Gigerenzer’s How to Stay Smart in a Smart World reveals how to stay in charge in a world populated by algorithms that beat us in chess, find us romantic partners, and tell us to “turn right in 500 yards.“

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

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.