MIT News: July/August 2009
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Greening MIT
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As the Institute publicly declares the need to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, it faces the daunting challenge of reducing energy use on campus.
Kevin Bullis, 'SM 05
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Meet the Author
- A Sum of Its Parts
- Recountings offers an oral history of MIT's math department.
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Features
- Paper Trail
- How Isaac Newton tracked down a counterfeiter--and helped form the modern concept of money. By Thomas Levenson
- Rescuing the Everglades
- Don DeAngelis '66 builds mathematical models of Florida wetland habitats in a bid to save threatened species. By Tom Nugent
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- Flying and Selling
- MIT's human-powered aircraft was also a promising vehicle. By Anne O. Glausser, SM '09
My View
- Entrepreneur Central
- Quantifying the impact of MIT's startup culture. By Edward B. Roberts ’57, SM ’58, SM ’60, PhD ’62
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