Recent books from the MIT community
November/December 2024
Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us
By Gary F. Marcus, PhD ’93
MIT PRESS, 2024, $18.95
The Tools to Be Free: Social Citizenship, Education, and Service in the 21st Century
By Stephen Minicucci ’82, SM ’82, PhD ’98
LEXINGTON BOOKS, 2024, $120
The Equitably Resilient City: Solidarities and Struggles in the Face of Climate Crisis
By Zachary B. Lamb, MArch ’10, PhD’ 18, and Lawrence J. Vale, SM ’88, professor of urban studies and planning
MIT PRESS, 2024, $45
A Nobel Retirement: The Contributions of Franco Modigliani, Robert C. Merton, and William Sharpe to Retirement Security
By Arun Muralidhar, PhD ’92
DIGITAL GEORGETOWN, 2024, $0
Atlas Obscura Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders
By Cara Giaimo, SM ’15, and Joshua Foer
WORKMAN, 2024, $40
Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II
By Elyse Graham, SM ’13
HARPERCOLLINS, 2024, $30
Clever Gemma: The Vanishing Sun
By Ludwig B. Chincarini, PhD ’95, illustrated by Nadia Ronquillo
MAGISTER PUBLISHING, 2024, $14.99
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