M.I.T. Press

MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The publisher focuses on science and technology books and magazines.

MIT Press was created in 1932 as Technology Press. It became an independent publisher and took its current name in 1962. It has published more than 7,000 books throughout its history, publishing nearly 200 books and 40 magazines each year. Through their website they sell books to the whole world.

History

In 1926 Max Born visited MIT to do a series of lectures on problems in atomic dynamics. The institute published the readings by printing it itself. That book is number 1 in the MIT Press archives.

In 1932, James R. Killian Jr. helped create Technology Press that would publish eight titles over the next five years.

In 1937, John Wiley & Sons took over the publishing and marketing of the press, over the next 25 years he published 125 titles.

In 1962, MIT parted amicably with Wiley and upgraded its printing press by creating the independent publisher MIT Press. Currently (2004) Wiley is in charge of distributing MIT Press books in Europe.

In 1968 a division of periodicals was added.

In 1969 a marketing office was opened in Europe.

In July 2003, MIT Press reached 7,000 books published.

Themes

Books of MIT Press.