A Widening Sphere: Evolving Cultures at MIT
Author:   Philip N. Alexander
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
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9780262543996


Pages:   520
Publication Date:   03 August 2021
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Author:   Philip N. Alexander
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780262543996


ISBN 10:   0262543990
Pages:   520
Publication Date:   03 August 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix A future full of promise 1 William Barton Rogers, 1804-1882 Sailing seas not well charted 47 John Daniel Runkle, 1822-1902 All that we hold true and manly 101 Francis Amasa Walker, 1840-1897 Uneasy lies the head 149 James Mason Crafts, 1839-1917 Into touch with the world at large 175 Henry Smith Pritchett, 1857-1939 Thoroughly sure of himself 221 Richard Cockburn Maclaurin, 1870-1920 Not the man for us 281 Ernest Fox Nichols, 1869-1924 Shaping things in orderly fashion 295 Samuel Wesley Stratton, 1861-1931 All knowledge his sphere 355 Karl Taylor Compton, 1887-1954 Notes 431 Sources 459 Index 475

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[Alexander's] highly readable new book is remarkable for the human interest that colors the institutional history...The author has an uncanny knack for unearthing and encapsulating telling details. The book achieves exactly the right blend of technical explanation and anecdote. --Jeffrey Mifflin, , Historical Journal of Massachusetts


[Alexander's] highly readable new book is remarkable for the human interest that colors the institutional history...The author has an uncanny knack for unearthing and encapsulating telling details. The book achieves exactly the right blend of technical explanation and anecdote. --Jeffrey Mifflin, , Historical Journal of Massachusetts


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Philip N. Alexander is a Research Associate in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT.

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