Recent books from the MIT community

Recent books from the MIT community
Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech StartupBy Lita Nelsen ’64, SM ’66, SM ’79, former director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, and Maureen StancikBoyce, SM ’91, SM ’93, PhD ’95, with Sophie Hagerty MIT PRESS, 2026, $35 Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One BargeBy Ian

Launching from the Lab: Building a Deep-Tech Startup
By Lita Nelsen ’64, SM ’66, SM ’79, former director of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, and Maureen Stancik
Boyce, SM ’91, SM ’93, PhD ’95, with Sophie Hagerty 
MIT PRESS, 2026, $35

Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge
By Ian Kumekawa, lecturer in history
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE, 2025, $29

Taxation and Resentment: Race, Party, and Class in American Tax Attitudes 
By Andrea Louise Campbell, professor of political science 
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2025, $29.95

Dr. Adventure: Danger and Discovery from Pole to Pole
By Warren M. Zapol ’62   
THE ZAPOL FAMILY, 2025, $37.99

Long-Term Care Around the World
Edited by Jonathan Gruber ’87, professor of economics and department head, and Kathleen McGarry
UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS, 2025, $35

Plain Talk About Drinking Water (6th edition) 
By James Symons, SM ’55, ScD ’57, former assistant professor of sanitary engineering and Nancy E. McTigue
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, 2025, $30

The Price of Our Values: The Economic Limits of Moral Life 
By Augustin Landier, PhD ’02, and David Thesmar, professor of financial economics and finance
UNIV. OF CHICAGO PRESS, 2025, $25

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