The Mit Press: 939 books
Enlivenment
Toward a Poetics for the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
A new understanding of the Anthropocene that is based on mutual transformation with nature rather than control over nature.
We have been told that we are living in the Anthropocene, a geological era shaped by humans rather than by nature. In Enlivenment, German philosopher Andreas Weber presents...
Planetary Improvement
Cleantech Entrepreneurship and the Contradictions of Green Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
An examination of clean technology entrepreneurship finds that “green capitalism” is more capitalist than green.
Entrepreneurs and investors in the green economy have encouraged a vision of addressing climate change with new technologies. In Planetary Improvement, Jesse Goldstein examines...
by Giosuè Baggio
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018
An argument that the meaning of written or auditory linguistic signals is not derived from the input but results from the brain's internal construction process.
When we read a text or listen to speech, meaning seems to be given to us instantaneously, as if it were part of the input. In Meaning...
by Jonathan Haber
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Everything you always wanted to know about MOOCs: an account of massive open online courses and what they might mean for the future of higher education.
The New York Times declared 2012 to be “The Year of the MOOC” as millions of students enrolled in massive open online courses (known as...
by Paul Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2018
A textbook for students with limited background in mathematics and computer coding, emphasizing computer tutorials that guide readers in producing models of neural behavior.
This introductory text teaches students to understand, simulate, and analyze the complex behaviors of individual neurons...
Framing Internet Safety
The Governance of Youth Online
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016
An examination of youth Internet safety as a technology of governance, seen in panics over online pornography, predators, bullying, and reputation management.
Since the beginning of the Internet era, it has become almost impossible to discuss youth and technology without mentioning online danger—pornography...
by Kai Hwang
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
The first textbook to teach students how to build data analytic solutions on large data sets using cloud-based technologies.
This is the first textbook to teach students how to build data analytic solutions on large data sets (specifically in Internet of Things applications) using cloud-based...
How Reform Worked in China
The Transition from Plan to Market
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
A noted Chinese economist examines the mechanisms behind China's economic reforms, arguing that universal principles and specific implementations are equally important.
As China has transformed itself from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, economists have tried to understand...
Things That Keep Us Busy
The Elements of Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
An investigation of interactivity, interfaces and their design, and the webs of complex interactions that result.
We are surrounded by interactive devices, artifacts, and systems. The general assumption is that interactivity is good—that it is a positive feature associated with being modern,...
Crowdsourced Health
How What You Do on the Internet Will Improve Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
How data from our health-related Internet searches can lead to discoveries about diseases and symptoms and help patients deal with diagnoses.
Most of us have gone online to search for information about health. What are the symptoms of a migraine? How effective is this drug? Where can I find...
Language in Our Brain
The Origins of a Uniquely Human Capacity
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language.
Language makes us human. It is an intrinsic part of us, although we seldom think about it. Language is also an extremely complex...
Heat Advisory
Protecting Health on a Warming Planet
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
How climate change can affect our health, from heat-related illnesses to extreme weather events.
Climate change affects not just the planet but the people who live on it. In this book, physician Alan Lockwood describes how global warming will be bad for our health. Drawing on peer-reviewed...
Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends?
Understanding the Effects of Smarter Growth on Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
An examination of the neighborhood transformation, gentrification, and displacement that accompany more compact development around transit.
Cities and regions throughout the world are encouraging smarter growth patterns and expanding their transit systems to accommodate this growth, reduce...
The Fabric of Interface
Mobile Media, Design, and Gender
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017
Tracing the genealogy of our physical interaction with mobile devices back to textile and needlecraft culture.
For many of our interactions with digital media, we do not sit at a keyboard but hold a mobile device in our hands. We turn and tilt and stroke and tap, and through these physical...