May 12, 2015
The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. Today, it continues to be popular as a convenient and eco-friendly mode of transportation. In honor of Bike Awareness Day and Bike to Work Week, enjoy these images depicting bicycles throughout history from Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History by Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing.
May 2, 2015
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! We are celebrating with a Q&A with John Jenkins, manager of the MIT Press bookstore.
May 1, 2015
Today, for our latest ‘Five Minutes’ feature we have Rafael Calvo and Dorian Peters the authors of Positive Computing. In the book, they discuss the emerging field of positive computing.
April 25, 2015
Christine Borgman, author of Big Data, Little Data, No Data: Scholarship in the Networked World, discusses her book and argues for investments in data management in scholarly research.
April 17, 2015
Ezio Manzini, author of Design, When Everybody Designs, a new book on the role of design in the ongoing wave of social innovation toward sustainability, shares his thoughts on his recent North American book tour. He reflects on the productive discussions that have emerged from his talks and what he looks forward to in other parts of the world.
April 14, 2015
If you’re wondering what the Internet of Things is, our latest Essential Knowledge book, The Internet of Things by Samuel Greengard is a good start. Below, Greengard writes about “How the Internet of Things Will Shape our Lives in 2025.”
April 3, 2015
A Million Years of Music, a new book that proposes an original and compelling narrative for the emergence of human music, released last month. In this post, author Gary Tomlinson reflects on how his ideas for the project evolved during the writing process and how he hopes the book will shape conversations surrounding the study of music.
April 1, 2015
Today we look at Governing by Debt by Maurizio Lazzarato, part of Semiotext(e)’s Intervention Series. The book looks at debt and its use as a political tool, among many things. This essay briefly explores the chapter focused on student loan debt in the United States.
March 23, 2015
We note the passing of Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore, who died Monday at the age of 91. More than merely a political figure, Mr. Lee was revered as a founding father of the tiny island nation, transforming it from a third-world outpost to a modern, affluent nation-state with a streamlined economy and a remarkably low rate of corruption.
March 9, 2015
In our latest “Five Minutes” post, Peter Pesic, the author of Music and the Making of Modern Science answers our questions. His book makes the argument that music was vital for the development of modern day science.