Becoming MIT
Moments of Decision
$54.07
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2012
Summary
The evolution of MIT, as seen in a series of crucial decisions over the years.How did MIT become MIT? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology marks the 150th anniversary of its founding in 2011. Over the years, MIT has lived by its motto, “Mens et Manus” (“Mind and Hand”), dedicating itself to the pursuit of knowledge and its application to real-world problems. MIT has produced leading scholars in fields ranging from aeronautics to economics, invented entire academic disciplines, and transf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262518154 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262518155 |
| Author: | David Kaiser |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2012 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Becoming MIT |
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” Becoming MIT successfully charts the expansion of voices inMIT’s perpetual self-reckoning” – Matt Wisnioski , Technology andCulture
Becoming MIT successfully charts the expansion of voices in MIT’s perpetual self-reckoning.
– Matt Wisnioski * Technology and Culture *About The Author
David Kaiser
David Kaiser is Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science, Department Head of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics at MIT. He is the author of Drawing Theories Apart- The Dispersion of the Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics, and editor of Pedagogy and the Practice of Science- Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (MIT Press).Merritt Roe Smith is Cutten Professor of the History of Technology at MIT and the author or editor of six books, most recently Inventing America- A History of the United States.Bruce Sinclair, formerly Melvin Kranzberg Professor of the History of Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is a Senior Fellow at the Dibner Institute at MIT. He has served as president of the Society for the History of Technology and received its Da Vinci Medal.Christophe Lecuyer is Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Universite Pierre et Marie Curie and the author of Making Silicon Valley- Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 (MIT Press, 2005).Deborah G. Douglas is Curator of Science and Technology at the MIT Museum. She was the curator and project director for the MIT 150 Exhibition.David Kaiser is Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science, Department Head of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics at MIT. He is the author of Drawing Theories Apart- The Dispersion of the Feynman Diagrams in Postwar Physics, and editor of Pedagogy and the Practice of Science- Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (MIT Press).
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