Books and authors

MIT Press launches its first iPad appApp brings to life the images in NONOBJECT, a design book by Branko Lukić and Barry Katz.

A hardy ConstitutionIn Ratification, historian Pauline Maier uncovers the contentious debates behind a political document that many Americans once opposed.

3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller on the nature-nurture debatesIn a new book, prominent historian of science dismisses the ‘unanswerable’ question of whether heredity or the environment matter more in human development.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for November 2010

The 6-percent solutionHow corporations can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions through better planning.

Dower's Cultures of War named finalist for 2010 National Book AwardHistorian's book examines roots, causes of war through four historic events.

Andrew Bacevich on Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent WarPresented by the Center for International Studies Starr Forum

Mary Fuller awarded the Levitan Prize in the HumanitiesAnnual award includes $25,000 to support innovative and creative scholarship in the humanities.

Stefan Helmreich wins Gregory Bateson Book Prize for Alien OceanResearch examines the world of deep sea marine microbiologists

Nightingale named director of Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for September 2010

On the war pathIn his new book Cultures of War, MIT historian John Dower examines the militarism that has helped define the United States in the contemporary age

Philosophy conference at MIT honors ThomsonFundamental ethical questions debated during daylong event

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for August 2010

New book, 'Bright Boys,' chronicles MIT’s pioneering of IT ageForeword by Professor Emeritus Jay Forrester shares insight on team’s early work

Tom Pettitt on the Gutenberg ParenthesisPresented by the MIT Communications Forum — hosted by James Paradis with respondent Peter Donaldson

Moving in circlesMIT scholar’s new book scrutinizes the successes and failures of a unique government experiment meant to help America’s urban poor.

Said and DoneHumanities, arts, and social sciences digest for May 2010

Saša Stanišić on "How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone"authors@MIT, presented by The MIT Libraries and the MIT Press Bookstore

Charles Batterman, longtime MIT diving coach, dies at age 87A former national champion, he pioneered the use of physics principles in the analysis of dives.

Said and DoneHumanities, Arts, and Social Sciences digest for April 2010

Rough calculationsSanjoy Mahajan’s new book, Street-Fighting Mathematics, lays out practical tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty problem-solving

Said and Done: Humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for March 2010

Cell-inspired electronicsBy mimicking cells, MIT researcher designs electronic circuits for ultra-low-power and biomedical applications.

Said and Done: humanities, arts, and social sciences digest for January 2010

Haldeman receives highest honor in science fictionDamon Knight Memorial Grand Master for 2010

The 'signature novel' of the decadeJunot Díaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' cited as a defining work

Not easy being greenMIT historian Harriet Ritvo explains how a battle to save an English lake helped found modern environmentalism — but might worry greens today

Travels With Melville: Wyn Kelley's excellent adventureMelville scholarship takes Kelley to Tahiti, the Galapagos, China, and the Middle East