Schizo-Culture Conference Anniversary
November 14, 2013
Associate Acquisitions Editor Marc Lowenthal guest blogs today to mark the anniversary of the “Schizo-Culture” conference that was held at Columbia University in 1975:
November 14, 2013
Associate Acquisitions Editor Marc Lowenthal guest blogs today to mark the anniversary of the “Schizo-Culture” conference that was held at Columbia University in 1975:
November 13, 2013
Welcome to Day 3 of the University Press Week Blog Tour! Today’s theme is Subject Area Spotlight. To get us started, here is our own editorial director, Gita Manaktala:
November 12, 2013
The University Press Week blog tour kicked off yesterday in celebration of University Press Week. Here is a summary of the “Meet the Press”-themed posts:
November 8, 2013
The Classic Reissue series highlights new editions of long-time MIT Press classics. Our last book in the Classic Reissue series is Roger Lewis’s well-loved Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession, now in its third edition. Executive Editor Roger Conover shared these thoughts on the need for such a book in the market and the careful considerations for the revision:
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.