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Brent D. Ryan, an associate professor of urban design and public policy in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, has detailed his perspective on urban design in a new book, “The Largest Art: A Measured Manifesto for a Plural Urbanism,” recently published by the MIT Press.

A manifesto for designing cities

MIT professor’s new book calls for a more pluralistic, democratic vision of the city.

January 4, 2018

Professor Lisa Parks is the co-editor of “Life in the Age of Drone Warfare,” published by Duke University Press.

3 Questions: Lisa Parks on drones, warfare, and the media

MIT media studies professor discusses new essay collection analyzing the impact of drones.

November 16, 2017

Megan Miranda '02 is the author of the best-seller "All the Missing Girls" and other novels.

A scientific approach to writing fiction

Megan Miranda '02 graduated from MIT intent on pursuing a career in biotechnology. Instead, she became a New York Times best-selling author.

November 15, 2017

Richard Nielsen’s book, “Deadly Clerics: Blocked Ambition and the Paths to Jihad,” finds a certain portion of Muslim clerics who end up advocating for jihad — war against Islam’s foes — started out as mainstream clerics looking for state-sponsored jobs where they could use their intellectual training, only to become unemployed, disenchanted, and radicalized.

Why some Muslim clerics become jihadists

In his new book, political scientist Richard Nielsen proposes a “blocked ambition” hypothesis.

November 9, 2017

Joseph F. Coughlin, the MIT AgeLab’s founder and director, has a new book coming out this month, “The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-growing, Most Misunderstood Market.”

3 Questions: Joseph Coughlin on innovation for an aging population

New book, “The Longevity Economy,” calls for rethinking our ideas about what the elderly can do.

November 8, 2017

Left to right: Richard Clarke SM ’79, former national coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism for the United States; and Joel Brenner, former head of counterintelligence under the Director of National Intelligence for the United States and Senior Research Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies and CSAIL.

Why we should welcome warnings

At MIT event, experts call for a new approach to worst-case scenarios.

November 3, 2017

The capacity to transform personal suffering into a meditation on the larger wounds society inflicts on the powerless and marginalized defines Edouard Louis’ literary voice.

Author Édouard Louis examines contexts for violence

The acclaimed writer, whose work has become a cause célèbre in France and beyond, speaks as part of the MIT Global France Seminar series.

November 2, 2017

Gediminas Urbonas, director of the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology and associate professor in the Department of Architecture, is co-editor of a new book, "Public Space: Lost and Found?,” published by MIT Press.

“Art teaches us how to disrupt”

Why MIT’s Gediminas Urbonas helped produce a new book about art and public space.

October 5, 2017

MIT philosophy professor Kieran Setiya has a new book, “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide,” published by Princeton University Press. In it, he examines the problems of middle-aged happiness, reaches some unusual conclusions — he thinks we should embrace our regrets — and explores how philosophy can help people find peace of mind.

How philosophy can solve your midlife crisis

MIT professor Kieran Setiya’s book “Midlife” aims to smooth out the rocky road of middle age.

October 2, 2017

MIT librarian Chris Sherratt works the stacks. She specializes in helping students find information on atmospheric and oceanic sciences, energy and environment, and nuclear science and engineering.

The test-free zone: An orientation guide to MIT Libraries

Students can find diverse resources, helpful experts, and friendly spaces to hang out.

September 8, 2017

"Something I’ve recommended is for the Tour de France to have [recumbent bicycles] start prior to the regular upright bicycles," says Professor Emeritus David Gordon Wilson. "It would be very exciting to add this element, since recumbents are not only faster, but safer, so you wouldn’t see the domino-style pile-ups that often occur."

David Gordon Wilson's lifelong love of the bicycle

MIT emeritus professor, designer, and inventor, is set to release the fourth edition of his popular book, "Bicycling Science," known as the "bike bible."

July 25, 2017

Longtime MIT professor of humanities A.R. "Pete" Gurney

A.R. Gurney, acclaimed playwright, author, and longtime MIT professor, dies at 86

An MIT humanities and literature faculty member for 36 years, Gurney was known as an outstanding teacher and inspiring mentor.

July 12, 2017

“The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War II,” by John W Dower (Haymarket Books)

Is the Pax Americana truly peaceful?

MIT historian John Dower’s latest book decries the militarism of the postwar years.

June 27, 2017

“Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future,” by Andrew McAfee (top) and Erik Brynjolfsson, published by W.W. Norton.

Q&A: Running a company in an era of “crazy technological progress”

New book by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson surveys tech’s challenges for business.

June 27, 2017

MIT Press is known for publishing interdisciplinary scholarship that crosses traditional boundaries. The Internet Archive has begun digitizing MIT Press’ backlist; 1,500 deep backlist works should be available by the end of 2017.

MIT Press teams with Internet Archive and Arcadia to provide access to hundreds of backlist titles

Press' first major digitization endeavor ushers in a new era of access.

May 30, 2017

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