AIAA honors David Mindell for ‘Digital Apollo’
MIT professor’s book earns Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award.
Historian/physicist David Kaiser wins Physics World’s 'Book of the Year Award'
Kaiser is the head of MIT's Program in Science, Technology, and Society, and a senior lecturer in the Department of Physics.
3 Questions: David Kaiser on Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm shift
Scholars mark 50th anniversary of 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.'
The Civil War’s iron age
MIT historian David Mindell revisits the human experience on board one of history’s most famous warships.
Historian of science Charles Weiner dies at 80
Longtime faculty member was a pre-eminent analyst of the political, social and ethical dimensions of contemporary science.
Hippie days
How a handful of countercultural scientists changed the course of physics in the 1970s and helped open up the frontier of quantum information.
Wind, war and weathermen
How a Swedish bon vivant let MIT introduce modern meteorology to America — just in time to help the Allies win World War II.
Doc Draper in space
A letter written by Charles Stark Draper in 1961 hitches a ride on Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Exploring exploration
From deep space to deep sea, two-day symposium examined MIT’s impacts and innovations.
3 Questions: Jeffrey Hoffman on the Space Shuttle at 30
Anniversary of the first shuttle flight comes just as it nears retirement, but the vehicle has changed space travel dramatically.
A difference maker
Vannevar Bush PhD ’16, a unique figure in American history, transformed his country’s scientific establishment during its wartime hour of need.
3 Questions: Evelyn Fox Keller on the nature-nurture debates
In a new book, prominent historian of science dismisses the ‘unanswerable’ question of whether heredity or the environment matter more in human development.
Galileo revisited: How ribbons roll
In a twist on a classic experiment, MIT researchers discover how flexible cylinders behave when rolling down a slope.
Explained: The Shannon limit
A 1948 paper by Claude Shannon SM ’40, PhD ’40 created the field of information theory — and set its research agenda for the next 50 years.
Their infinite wisdom
An MIT historian of science uncovers the saga of the Russian scholars whose mysticism helped them redefine the concept of infinity