Boxes, books, and bananas: A peek at the MIT Science Fiction Society
Founded in 1949, group now maintains what may be the world’s largest open-shelf collection of science fiction.
Fast, cheap, and under control
New book argues that inexpensive, employee-driven business experiments can help drive innovation.
The overlooked history of African technology
New book explores the confluence of innovation, hunting, and nature in Zimbabwe.
Caught in the social safety net
Andrea Campbell gives a firsthand perspective on the effects of means-tested social insurance programs.
Making the case for Keynes
Peter Temin’s new book explains how John Maynard Keynes’ ideas relate to today’s global economy.
Time to rethink foreign policy?
In a new book, political scientist Barry Posen makes the case for a more limited U.S. military strategy.
"Game Changers" explores a cheaper, cleaner, and more secure national energy system
Stanford-MIT book puts focus on the need for energy innovation R&D.
The varieties of nuclear strategy
In a new book, MIT political scientist examines the multiple political uses of nuclear weapons.
Bruno Perreau examines the politics of adoption in France
A lens for views on gender, parenthood, and "Frenchness."
Film, form, and feeling
MIT professor’s new book studies formal properties of movies and the structure of our emotions.
3 Questions with Seth Mnookin
Journalist and best-selling author discusses the challenges and impacts of science writing
Social physics
Media Lab professor’s new book ties more than a decade’s research into a new theory of information propagation in communities large and small.