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Writing for Their Lives
America's Pioneering Female Science Journalists
ISBN: 9780262048163
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 22, 2023
A breathtaking history of America's trail-blazing female science journalists—and the timely lessons they can teach us about equity, access, collaboration, and persistence.
Ownership of Knowledge
Beyond Intellectual Property
ISBN: 9780262545594
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 18, 2023
A framework for knowledge ownership that challenges the mechanisms of inequality in modern society.
Molecular World
Making Modern Chemistry
ISBN: 9780262545549
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 4, 2023
A compelling and innovative account that reshapes our view of nineteenth-century chemistry, explaining a critical period in chemistry's quest to understand and manipulate organic nature.
Evolvability
A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?
ISBN: 9780262545624
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 27, 2023
Essays on evolvability from the perspectives of quantitative and population genetics, evolutionary developmental biology, systems biology, macroevolution, and the philosophy of science.
Carbon Queen
The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus
ISBN: 9780262545976
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 7, 2023
The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world.
Ghost Particle
In Search of the Elusive and Mysterious Neutrino
ISBN: 9780262047876
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 28, 2023
The fascinating story of science in pursuit of the ghostly, ubiquitous subatomic particle—the neutrino.
The Sounds of the Cosmos
Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
ISBN: 9780262544948
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 28, 2023
The remarkable story of how humankind discovered gravitational waves, chronicled with unparalleled historical and scientific vision.
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
ISBN: 9780262048057
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 14, 2023
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.
We Are All Monsters
How Deviant Organisms Came to Define Us
ISBN: 9780262047524
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 14, 2023
How the monsters of nineteenth-century literature and science came to define us.
Anxiety and the Equation
Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy
ISBN: 9780262546614
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 1, 2022
A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.
Writing for Their Lives
America's Pioneering Female Science Journalists
ISBN: 9780262048163
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 22, 2023
A breathtaking history of America's trail-blazing female science journalists—and the timely lessons they can teach us about equity, access, collaboration, and persistence.
Ownership of Knowledge
Beyond Intellectual Property
ISBN: 9780262545594
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 18, 2023
A framework for knowledge ownership that challenges the mechanisms of inequality in modern society.
Molecular World
Making Modern Chemistry
ISBN: 9780262545549
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 4, 2023
A compelling and innovative account that reshapes our view of nineteenth-century chemistry, explaining a critical period in chemistry's quest to understand and manipulate organic nature.
Evolvability
A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology?
ISBN: 9780262545624
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 27, 2023
Essays on evolvability from the perspectives of quantitative and population genetics, evolutionary developmental biology, systems biology, macroevolution, and the philosophy of science.
Carbon Queen
The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus
ISBN: 9780262545976
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 7, 2023
The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world.
Ghost Particle
In Search of the Elusive and Mysterious Neutrino
ISBN: 9780262047876
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 28, 2023
The fascinating story of science in pursuit of the ghostly, ubiquitous subatomic particle—the neutrino.
The Sounds of the Cosmos
Gravitational Waves and the Birth of Multi-Messenger Astronomy
ISBN: 9780262544948
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 28, 2023
The remarkable story of how humankind discovered gravitational waves, chronicled with unparalleled historical and scientific vision.
Invention and Innovation
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
ISBN: 9780262048057
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 14, 2023
From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.
We Are All Monsters
How Deviant Organisms Came to Define Us
ISBN: 9780262047524
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 14, 2023
How the monsters of nineteenth-century literature and science came to define us.
Anxiety and the Equation
Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy
ISBN: 9780262546614
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 1, 2022
A man and his equation: the anxiety-plagued nineteenth-century physicist who contributed significantly to our understanding of the second law of thermodynamics.