Mind and Hand: The Birth of Mit

by Loretta H. Mannix and Julius Adams Stratton

Book Overview

The intellectual heritage of MIT: an account of "the flow of ideas" about science and education that shaped the Institute as it emerged and that inspires it today.

The motto on the seal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Mens et Manus"--"mind and hand"--signals the Institute's dedication to what MIT founder William Barton Rogers called "the most earnest cooperation of intelligent culture with industrial pursuits." Mind...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262195240
• ISBN13: 9780262195249
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher