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Five Minutes with Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt

Five Minutes with Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt

Today Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt answer questions about their new book, A Natural History of Natural Theology: The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion, which examines the cognitive foundations of intuitions about the existence and attributes of God.

Five Minutes with Frank Sloan

Five Minutes with Frank Sloan

We’re excited about the mid-February launch of the American Journal of Health Economics (AJHE)! We caught up with Frank Sloan, Editor-in-Chief of AJHE and author of several MIT Press books, to get the inside scoop about the new journal.

2014 Holiday Gift Guide

2014 Holiday Gift Guide

To help you find the perfect gift book for everyone on your list, we present The MIT Press Holiday Gift Guide.

Five Minutes with Sikina Jinnah

Five Minutes with Sikina Jinnah

For our next “Five Minutes” post, Sikina Jinnah, author of Post-Treaty Politics: Secretariat Influence in Global Environmental Governance discusses Secretariats and international treaties.

University Press Week: Throwback Thursday featuring Muriel Cooper

University Press Week: Throwback Thursday featuring Muriel Cooper

Welcome to Throwback Thursday on the University Press Week blog tour. In our own contribution to the blog tour’s #TBT theme, we offer the following retrospective from Acquisitions Editor Marc Lowenthal on former MIT Press designer Muriel Cooper featuring rarely-before-seen photographs.

Five Minutes with Roxanne Warren

Five Minutes with Roxanne Warren

Today Roxanne Warren, architect and author of Rail and the City: Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint While Reimagining Urban Space, discusses her book, which makes a case for rail transit as the critical infrastructure for a fluidly functioning and environmentally sustainable urban society.

Our Love–Hate Relationship with Democracy

Our Love–Hate Relationship with Democracy

It’s Election Day in the United States. As voters head to the polls, it is an opportune time to reflect on democracy and our role within it. Josh Lerner does just this in the following excerpt, “Our Love-Hate Relationship with Democracy,” from Making Democracy Fun: How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics.

Five Minutes with Stephen Camarata

Five Minutes with Stephen Camarata

Today Stephen Camarata, author of Late-Talking Children, discusses some of the causes of late talking among toddlers and what the latest science tells us about the relationship between late talking and autism.

Back to School with Kylie Peppler

Back to School with Kylie Peppler

On Tuesday, Yasmin Kafai and Quinn Burke discussed their book Connected Code. Wednesday’s post featured Jonathan Haber on his experience taking several MOOCs. Yesterday, Elizabeth Losh answered questions about her new book, The War on Learning.