In cancer research, a winding road to discovery
In cancer research, a winding road to discovery Book by MIT professor examines the circuitous history behind the investigation of cancer as a contagious illness. Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office May...
View ArticleHow growth of the scientific enterprise influenced a century of quantum physics
MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser explores the complicated history of quantum physics in a new book, “Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World,” published by the University of...
View ArticleEnduring Cancer, by Prof. Dwai Banerjee
Read the introduction to Enduring Cancer, by Prof. Dwai Banerjee, on Duke Press website: http://ow.ly/BdId50A38AN The post Enduring Cancer, by Prof. Dwai Banerjee appeared first on MIT STS.
View ArticleEDGE: The Shifting Terrain of Scientific Inquiry, A Conversation with David...
THE SHIFTING TERRAIN OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY I have a couple of questions that are on my mind these days. One of the things that I find helpful as an historian of science is tracing through what...
View ArticleJust published! The Empathy Diaries, by Prof. Sherry Turkle
For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. Here, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges. Turkle...
View Article“The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir” by Prof. Sherry Turkle named NYTimes Best 30...
Sherry Turkle’s most recent book, “The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir” (New York: Penguin Press, March 2021) is listed as one of the top 30 favorites reviewed by the New York Times daily book critics for...
View ArticleBook Published: The Work of the Future, by David Autor, David Mindell,...
The Work of the Future Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines By David Autor, David A. Mindell and Elisabeth B. Reynolds Foreword by Robert M. Solow MIT PRESS Why the United States...
View ArticleProf. Michael Fischer’s “Hauntology’s Genesis, Catacoustics, and Future...
The Hauntology of Everyday Life Author: Sadeq Rahimi (view affiliations) Develops a comprehensive frame for applying the theory of hauntology to everyday life from clinical and ethnographic points of...
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