Mit Press: 1072 books
Consuming Power
A Social History of American Energies
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 1999
Nye uses energy as a touchstone to examine the lives of ordinary people engaged in normal activities.
How did the United States become the world's largest consumer of energy? David Nye shows that this is less a question about the development of technology than it is a question about the development...
Tomorrow's Energy
Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012
How the use of nonpolluting, zero-emission hydrogen as fuel could be the cornerstone of a new energy economy.
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. An invisible, tasteless, colorless gas, it can be converted to nonpolluting, zero-emission, renewable energy. When burned in an...
ENIAC in Action
Making and Remaking the Modern Computer
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
The history of the first programmable electronic computer, from its conception, construction, and use to its afterlife as a part of computing folklore.
Conceived in 1943, completed in 1945, and decommissioned in 1955, ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first general-purpose...
Technology and Social Inclusion
Rethinking the Digital Divide
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2004
Much of the discussion about new technologies and social equality has focused on the oversimplified notion of a "digital divide." Technology and Social Inclusion moves beyond the limited view of haves and have-nots to analyze the different forms of access to information and communication technologies....
Remaking the News
Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Leading scholars chart the future of studies on technology and journalism in the digital age.
The use of digital technology has transformed the way news is produced, distributed, and received. Just as media organizations and journalists have realized that technology is a central and indispensable...
DIY Citizenship
Critical Making and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.
Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...
Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy
Making and Keeping New Industries in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
An examination of the politics of green jobs that foresees a potential ideological shift away from neoliberalism toward “developmentalism.”
Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy is the first book to explore the broad implications of the convergence of industrial and environnmental policy...
Operations Rules
Delivering Customer Value through Flexible Operations
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
An expert offers a set of rules that will help managers achieve dramatic improvements in operations performance.
In recent years, management gurus have urged businesses to adopt such strategies as just-in-time, lean manufacturing, offshoring, and frequent deliveries to retail outlets. But today,...
In the Wake of the Crisis
Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.
In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures...
by Barry Eichengreen
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Why the current Bretton Woods-like international financial system, featuring large current account deficits in the center country, the United States, and massive reserve accumulation by the periphery, is not sustainable.
In Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, Barry Eichengreen...
Sharing Cities
A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
How cities can build on the “sharing economy” and smart technology to deliver a “sharing paradigm” that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability.
The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services,...
Privacy on the Ground
Driving Corporate Behavior in the United States and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
An examination of corporate privacy management in the United States, Germany, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom, identifying international best practices and making policy recommendations.
Barely a week goes by without a new privacy revelation or scandal. Whether by hackers or spy agencies...
Governing through Goals
Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
A detailed examination of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the shift in governance strategy they represent.
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Sustainable Development...
Wired for Innovation
How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Two experts on the information economy explore the true economic value of technology and innovation.
A wave of business innovation is driving the productivity resurgence in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly...