Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science.

In response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, William Barton Rogers organized a school in Boston to create "useful knowledge." Initially funded by a federal land grant, the institute adopted a polytechnic model that stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. MIT moved from Boston to Cambridge in 1916 and grew rapidly through collaboration with private industry, military branches, and new federal basic research agencies, the formation of which was influenced by MIT faculty like Vannevar Bush. In the late twentieth century, MIT became a leading center for research in computer science, digital technology, artificial intelligence and big science initiatives like the Human Genome Project. Engineering remains its largest school, though MIT has also built programs in basic science, social sciences, business management, and humanities.

The institute has an urban campus that extends more than a mile (1.6 km) along the Charles River. The campus is known for academic buildings interconnected by corridors and many significant modernist buildings. MIT's off-campus operations include the MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the Haystack Observatory, as well as affiliated laboratories such as the Broad and Whitehead Institutes. The institute also has a strong entrepreneurial culture and MIT alumni have founded or co-founded many notable companies. Campus life is known for elaborate "hacks".

, 105 Nobel laureates, 26 Turing Award winners, and 8 Fields Medalists have been affiliated with MIT as alumni, faculty members, or researchers. In addition, 58 National Medal of Science recipients, 29 National Medals of Technology and Innovation recipients, 50 MacArthur Fellows, 83 Marshall Scholars, 41 astronauts, 16 Chief Scientists of the US Air Force, and 8 foreign heads of state have been affiliated with MIT. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Boston, Mass. : The Society, c1886.
    184 p. ; 20 cm.
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    [Cambridge, n.d.]
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    Published 1891
    [Boston : Published by the students], 1887-[1891]
    4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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    Published 1916
    [Boston : The Institute], 1916-
    v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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    Published 1892
    [Boston, 1892]
    8, [7], [6] p. illus.
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    by Born, Max, 1882-1970
    Published 1926
    Cambridge, Mass., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1926.
    xiv, 200 p. diagrs. 23 cm.
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    Published 1914
    [Boston : The Institute], 1914.
    1 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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    by Zakaria bin Haji Ahmad, 1947-
    Published 1977
    [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1977.
    1 online resource (496 pages) : illustrations.
    “...Massachusetts Institute of Technology...”
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    Published 1892
    Boston : The Elzevir press, 1892.
    3 p. l., 55, [20] p. : ill., plates.
    “...Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture...”
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    Published 1892
    Boston : The Institute, 1892-
    v. : ill., maps ; 23-27 cm.
    “...Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Society of Arts...”
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    Boston.
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    Published 1901
    Boston : G.H. Ellis, Printer, 1901.
    77 p. : ill., plans, plates (part col.)
    “...Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture...”
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    Published 1891
    Boston : Inst. of Tech., 1891.
    1 p. l., 32, [10] p. ill., plates.
    “...Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture...”
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    by Dewey, Alice G.
    Published 1962
    New York : Free Press of Glencoe, c1962.
    xxi, 238 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
    “...Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies...”
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    by Paauw, Douglas S.
    Published 1960
    Glencoe, Ill., Free Press c1960.
    xxxiv, 474 p. ; 22 cm.
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    Published 1893
    Boston : The Institute, 1893.
    39 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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    Published 1904
    Boston : Institute for use at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904.
    42 p. : ill., ports.
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    Published 1914
    Boston, Mass. : Students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, c1914-c1916.
    3 v. : ill., ports. fold maps ; 27 cm.
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    Published 1928
    [Providence, R.I., The Akerman-standard co., 1928?]
    2 p. ̋., ix, 92 p. incl. maps, diagrs. fold. tables. 28 cm.
    “...Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Municipal and Industrial Research...”
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    Published 1911
    New York [etc.] McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1911.
    ix, 486 p. illus. 24 cm.
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