The sorcerers and their apprentices
Subtitle: how the digital magicians of the MIT Media Lab are creating the innovative technologies that will transform our lives
By: Frank Moss
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Business
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780307589101; 9780307589118
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING; Digital communications; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Scientists; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory; SCIENCE; Research; Intellectual life; General
Description: "From the director of the famed MIT Media Laboratory comes an exhilarating behind the-scenes exploration of the research center where our nation's foremost scientists are creating the innovative new technologies that will transform our future"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The power of passion; title: Disappearing disciplines; title: Hard fun; title: Serendipity by design; title: The new normal; title: Living and learning together; title: The age of agency; title: I am a creator.