'People are good at imagining the catastrophe will always happen somewhere else and to other people.'

By James Bradley in MIT Press

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The Exquisite Machine author SianHarding in conversation with The New Statesman: newstatesman.com/culture/qa/202…

Join us and the Koch Institute at MIT as we welcome historian Rena Selya for a discussion of Nobel Prize-winning MIT biologist Salvador Luria.

The conversation with Richard Hynes and Phillip Sharp will be moderated by Deborah Douglas of the @MITmuseum. eventbrite.com/e/rena-selyas-…

Thank you Toronto Star for including Tomorrow's Parties in this roundup of great new #scifi books! thestar.com/entertainment/…

'This is a solid corrective to the notion that human inventiveness can tackle any challenge.'

Publishers Weekly reviews Vaclav Smil's Invention and Innovation, forthcoming in February: publishersweekly.com/9780262048057

“So I am not too old after all, and still have something to do here. As you say, it is nice to know that given the choice there really is no choice.” thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/freeman-dyson-…

Join us and the Koch Institute at MIT as we welcome historian Rena Selya for a discussion of Nobel Prize-winning MIT biologist Salvador Luria.

The conversation with Richard Hynes and Phillip Sharp will be moderated by Deborah Douglas of the @MITmuseum. eventbrite.com/e/rena-selyas-…

A personalized, authentic experience is an unquestioned building block of digital infrastructure. But what does that really involve? Tung-Hui Hu wired.com/story/psycholo…

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.Kathryn Hall PhD MPH says we need to stop seeing dummy medicines as a novelty and instead make strides to understand them better and harness their power. #Placebos theguardian.com/science/2022/o…

How the US military came to consume more fossil fuels than most countries—and what we can do about it. motherjones.com/environment/20…

Join us and the Koch Institute at MIT as we welcome historian Rena Selya for a discussion of Nobel Prize-winning MIT biologist Salvador Luria.

The conversation with Richard Hynes and Phillip Sharp will be moderated by Deborah Douglas of the @MITmuseum. eventbrite.com/e/rena-selyas-…

Jeremy Bernstein recounts his half-century friendship with the renowned scientist and visionary. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/freeman-dyson-…

Dangerous animals provided a test of valor and strength that lent the elites an aura of invincibility as well as superhuman capacities. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-elites-tr…

Check out Robert P. Crease on New Books Network 📚 discussing his book THE LEAK: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory, out from MIT Press next week! bit.ly/3sdh2OO

Featured Book: 'Behind Their Screens' by Dr. Emily Weinstein and Carrie James from MIT Press
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New from The MIT Press: Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness by Moheb Costandi
Moheb Costandi MIT Press #neurology #neurobiology #neuroscience #PhantomLimbs #AlienHands #AmputeeFetishes #anorexia #PhantomPenisSyndrome
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So... what's everyone reading this weekend? 📚💭