Recent books from the MIT community
March/April 2026
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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