The Mit Press imprint: 939 books
Here/There
Telepresence, Touch, and Art at the Interface
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
An examination of telepresence technologies through the lens of contemporary artistic experiments, from early video art through current “drone vision” works.
"Telepresence” allows us to feel present—through vision, hearing, and even touch—at a remote location by means of real-time...
by Marcus Steinweg
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Meditations, aphorisms, maxims, notes, and comments construct a philosophy of thought congruent with the inconsistency of our reality.
Those who continue to think never return to their point of departure.
—Inconsistencies
These 130 short texts—aphoristic, interlacing, and sometimes...
Technically Together
Reconstructing Community in a Networked World
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2017
Why we should not accept “networked individualism” as the inevitable future of community.
If social interaction by social media has become “the modern front porch” (as one sociologist argues), offering richer and more various contexts for community and personal connection, why do we...
by Peter Suber
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
A concise introduction to the basics of open access, describing what it is (and isn't) and showing that it is easy, fast, inexpensive, legal, and beneficial.
The Internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary...
by R. David Lankes, Sue Kowalski, Beck Tench
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
How librarians can be radical positive change agents in their communities, dedicated to learning and making a difference.
This book offers a guide for librarians who see their profession as a chance to make a positive difference in their communities—librarians who recognize that it is no...
Treading Softly
Paths to Ecological Order
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2010
How to imagine and then realize an ecological order based on living within our biophysical means.
We are living beyond our means, running up debts both economic and ecological, consuming the planet's resources at rates not remotely sustainable. But it's hard to imagine a different way. How...
Neighborhood as Refuge
Community Reconstruction, Place Remaking, and Environmental Justice in the City
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
An examination of environmental revitalization efforts in low-income communities in Boston, Barcelona, and Havana that help heal traumatized urban neighborhoods.
Environmental justice as studied in a variety of disciplines is most often associated with redressing disproportionate exposure to...
by Christopher A. Le Dantec
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
An exploration of design considerations in the design of technologies that support local collective action.
Contemporary computing technologies have thoroughly embedded themselves in every aspect of modern life—conducting commerce, maintaining and extending our networks of friends, and mobilizing...
Science in Democracy
Expertise, Institutions, and Representation
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2009
An argument that draws on canonical and contemporary thinkers in political theory and science studies—from Machiavelli to Latour—for insights on bringing scientific expertise into representative democracy.
Public controversies over issues ranging from global warming to biotechnology have...
The Cognitive Science of Science
Explanation, Discovery, and Conceptual Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2012
A cognitive science perspective on scientific development, drawing on philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computational modeling.
Many disciplines, including philosophy, history, and sociology, have attempted to make sense of how science works. In this book, Paul Thagard examines scientific...
Imperial Technoscience
Transnational Histories of MRI in the United States, Britain, and India
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
A study of science and technology practices that shows how even emergent aspects of research and development remain entangled with established hierarchies.
In the last four decades, during which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has emerged as a cutting-edge medical technology and a cultural...
Beyond Red and Blue
How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Why Americans do not divide neatly into red and blue or right and left but form coalitions across party lines on hot-button issues ranging from immigration to same-sex marriage.
On any given night cable TV news will tell us how polarized American politics is: Republicans are from Mars, Democrats...
Late-Talking Children
A Symptom or a Stage?
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
What parents need to know about the causes and treatment of children's late talking: how to avoid misdiagnoses, navigate the educational system, and more.
When children are late in hitting developmental milestones, parents worry. And no delay causes more parental anxiety than late talking,...
Do Apes Read Minds?
Toward a New Folk Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
An argument that as folk psychologists humans (and perhaps other animals) don't so much read minds as see one another as persons with traits, emotions, and social relations.
By adulthood, most of us have become experts in human behavior, able to make sense of the myriad behaviors we find in...