Deborah Douglas, the director of collections and curator of science and technology at the MIT Museum, speaks with WGBH about history of the slide rule. "The slide rule is an instrument that was used to design virtually everything," says Douglas. "The size of a sewer pipe, the weight-bearing ability of a cardboard box, even rocket ships and cars."
Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein of The Boston Globe report on a World Cup kick-off party hosted by the MIT Museum and the MIT-Brazil program. “The day’s program included a ball juggling competition, music, and a lesson from MIT applied mathematics professor John Bush about the physics of the sport,” they write.
Boston Globe reporter Mark Feeney reports on “Daguerre’s American Legacy: Photographic Portraits (1840-1900) From the Wm. B. Becker Collection,” which is on display at the MIT Museum through January 4.