A daily battle for rights and freedoms in cyberspace is being waged in Asia. At theepicenter of this contest is China--home to the world's largest Internet population and what isperhaps the world's mo
A daily battle for rights and freedoms in cyberspace is being waged in Asia. At theepicenter of this contest is China--home to the world's largest Internet population and what isperhaps the world's mo
For more than two decades, in such landmark studies as The Second Self and Life onthe Screen, Sherry Turkle has challenged our collective imagination with her insights about howtechnology enters our p
This book bridges optimal control theory and economics, discussing ordinarydifferential equations, optimal control, game theory, and mechanism design in one volume.Technically rigorous and largely sel
In 1951, designer Greta Magnusson Grossman observed that California design was"not a superimposed style, but an answer to present conditions.... It has developed out of ourown preferences for living i
In this provocative call for a new ecological politics, William Ophuls starts from aradical premise: "sustainability" is impossible. We are on an industrial Titanic, fueledby rapidly depleting stocks
A video game is half-real: we play by real rules while imagining a fictional world.We win or lose the game in the real world, but we slay a dragon (for example) only in the world ofthe game. In this t
In Critique and Disclosure, Nikolas Kompridis argues provocatively for a richer andmore time-responsive critical theory. He calls for a shift in the normative and critical emphasis ofcritical theory f
This book will be an original and indispensable resource for all who believe in theimportance of art in the wider educational realm. Framing the recent "educational turn" inthe arts within a broad his
This volume demonstrates the power of the Markov random field (MRF) in vision,treating the MRF both as a tool for modeling image data and, utilizing recently developedalgorithms, as a means of making
Although William James declared in 1890, "Everyone knows what attentionis," today there are many different and sometimes opposing views on the subject. Thisfragmented theoretical landscape may be beca
Libraries have existed for millennia, but today the library field is searching forsolid footing in an increasingly fragmented (and increasingly digital) information environment. Whatis librarianship w
Multinational corporations often exploit natural resources or locate factories in poor countries far from the demand for the products and profits that result. Developed countries also routinely dump h
When Jay Keyser arrived at MIT in 1977 to head theDepartment of Linguistics andPhilosophy, he writes, he "felt like a fishthat had been introduced to water for the first time." AtMIT, acolleague grabb
In 2006, even though he could barely type, China's most famous artist startedblogging. For more than three years, Ai Weiwei turned out a steady stream of scathing socialcommentary, criticism of govern
Remarkably, grassroots-based community planning flourishes in New York City--the self-proclaimed "real estate capital of the world"--with at least seventy community plans for different neighborhoods t
Stephen Axilrod is the ultimate Federal Reserve insider. He worked at the Fed’s Board of Governors for more than thirty years and after that in private markets and as a consultant on monetary p
In The Minimum Wage and Labor Market Outcomes, Christopher Flinn argues that in assessing the effects of the minimum wage (in the United States and elsewhere), a behavioral framework is invaluable for
This book explores a new framework for fostering collaborations among existing disciplines and expertise communities. The framework unites two ideas that have emerged from recent work in STS: trading
The recognition of faces is a fundamental visual function with importance for social interaction and communication. Scientific interest in facial recognition has increased dramatically over the last
Journalism has embraced digital media in its struggle to survive. But most online journalism just translates existing practices to the Web: stories are written and edited as they are for print; video
The first video cassette recorders were promoted in the 1970s as an extension of broadcast television technology—a time-shifting device, a way to tape TV shows. Early advertising for Sony's Bet
Cartographic maps have guided our explorations for centuries, allowing us to navigate the world. Science maps have the potential to guide our search for knowledge in the same way, allowing us to visua
In 1964, at age forty, Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976) proclaimed that his years of writing poetry---of being "good for nothing," in his words---were over, and a brief but dazzling artistic career bega
In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg, already a frequent transatlantic traveler, became even more peripatetic, joining the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as costume and set designer for its first world tour.
The singing of birds is nature at its most sublime, and words are our medium for expressing this sublimity. In Aaaaw to Zzzzzd John Bevis offers a lexicon of the words of birds. It belongs in the bir
"Becoming MIT is a gem for anyone interested in American science, technology, history, or higher education. By exploring eight critical moments of institutional decision, this brief but eloquent book
In The Innovator’s Way, innovation experts Peter Denning and Robert Dunham show that innovation is a skill that can be learned and describe eight essential practices for achieving success. Denning and
In 1931 distinguished economist John Maynard Keynes published a short essay,"Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," in his collection Essays in Persuasion. Inthe essay, he expressed optimism f
"Robert Feenstra masterfully synthesizes trade theory and evidence in a volume that provides the foundation for how economists should think about the modern theory of the gains from trade. This book i
"This book takes the label 'competitiveness' as a fact-of-life and embeds it in sound economic analysis. If your are serious about improvement in economic policies for purposes of sustainable prosperi
Fischer Black was known for his brilliance as well as for his sometimes controversial opinions. Highly respected for his scholarly writings in finance, with this book he moved into different territor
"Matthias Gross is in the business of rewriting modernity. Far from being a prescription for paralysis, not knowing becomes, in his telling, a springboard for wider participation, experimentation, and
Robert Reitano's Introduction to Quantitative Finance offers an accessible yetrigorous development of many of the fields of mathematics necessary for success in investment andquantitative finance, cov
"This text offers an accessible yet rigorous development of many of the fields of mathematics necessary for success in investment and quantitative finance, covering topics applicable to portfolio theo
Where were you when the lights went out? At home during a thunderstorm? Preparing for air attack in World War II? In the Northeast in 1965, when the power failed from Toronto to the East coast? In Ne
In Language and Equilibrium, Prashant Parikh offers a new account of meaning for natural language. He argues that equilibrium, or balance among multiple interacting forces, is a key attribute of lang
What is meaning in life? Does anything really matter? How can a life achieve lasting significance? How can we explain the human propensity to struggle for ideals? How is meaning related to contentment
In the early 1990s, trade and labor economists, noting the fall in wages for low-skilled workers relative to high-skilled workers, began to debate the impact of trade on wages. This debate—whic
