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Ascending Republic
The Ballooning Revival in Nineteenth-Century France
ISBN: 9780262549806
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 10, 2025
Why and how the French made the balloon into one of the quintessential symbols of late nineteenth-century modernity, and how the balloon's reinvention shaped the airplane's assimilation in the early years of aviation.
From the Laboratory to the Moon
The Quiet Genius of George R. Carruthers
ISBN: 9780262551397
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 22, 2025
The reserved genius and celebrated Black scientist, who built the first astronomical observatory on the moon and worked to inspire underserved students to pursue science and engineering.
Weapons in Space
Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
ISBN: 9780262547369
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A new and provocative take on the formerly classified history of accelerating superpower military competition in space in the late Cold War and beyond.
Rational Accidents
Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies
ISBN: 9780262546997
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 16, 2024
An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges.
Perspectives in Space Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262549950
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 5, 2023
The development of deep space surveillance technology and its later application to near-Earth surveillance, covering work at Lincoln Laboratory from 1970 to 2000.
Into the Anthropocosmos
A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative
ISBN: 9780262046374
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 19, 2021
A lavishly illustrated catalog of space technology of the future: lab-tested devices, experiments, and habitats for the age of participatory space exploration.
Digital Apollo
Human and Machine in Spaceflight
ISBN: 9780262516105
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2011
How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.
Spacesuit
Fashioning Apollo
ISBN: 9780262015202
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 18, 2011
How the twenty-one-layer Apollo spacesuit, made by Playtex, was a triumph of intimacy over engineering.
The Simple Science of Flight
From Insects to Jumbo Jets
ISBN: 9780262513135
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 4, 2009
An investigation into how machines and living creatures fly, and of the similarities between butterflies and Boeings, paper airplanes and plovers.
Ascending Republic
The Ballooning Revival in Nineteenth-Century France
ISBN: 9780262549806
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 10, 2025
Why and how the French made the balloon into one of the quintessential symbols of late nineteenth-century modernity, and how the balloon's reinvention shaped the airplane's assimilation in the early years of aviation.
From the Laboratory to the Moon
The Quiet Genius of George R. Carruthers
ISBN: 9780262551397
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 22, 2025
The reserved genius and celebrated Black scientist, who built the first astronomical observatory on the moon and worked to inspire underserved students to pursue science and engineering.
Weapons in Space
Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative
ISBN: 9780262547369
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2024
A new and provocative take on the formerly classified history of accelerating superpower military competition in space in the late Cold War and beyond.
Rational Accidents
Reckoning with Catastrophic Technologies
ISBN: 9780262546997
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 16, 2024
An unflinching look at the unique challenges posed by complex technologies we cannot afford to let fail—and why the remarkable achievements of civil aviation can help us understand those challenges.
Perspectives in Space Surveillance
ISBN: 9780262549950
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 5, 2023
The development of deep space surveillance technology and its later application to near-Earth surveillance, covering work at Lincoln Laboratory from 1970 to 2000.
Into the Anthropocosmos
A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative
ISBN: 9780262046374
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 19, 2021
A lavishly illustrated catalog of space technology of the future: lab-tested devices, experiments, and habitats for the age of participatory space exploration.
Digital Apollo
Human and Machine in Spaceflight
ISBN: 9780262516105
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 30, 2011
How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.
Spacesuit
Fashioning Apollo
ISBN: 9780262015202
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 18, 2011
How the twenty-one-layer Apollo spacesuit, made by Playtex, was a triumph of intimacy over engineering.
The Simple Science of Flight
From Insects to Jumbo Jets
ISBN: 9780262513135
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 4, 2009
An investigation into how machines and living creatures fly, and of the similarities between butterflies and Boeings, paper airplanes and plovers.