Description: Born in Cambridge by Karen Weintraub, Michael Kuchta Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Anne Bradstreet, W.E.B. Du Bois, gene editing, and Junior Mints- cultural icons, influential ideas, and world-changing innovations from Cambridge, Massachusetts.Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city of "firsts"- the first college in the English colonies, the first two-way long-distance call, the first legal same-sex marriage. In 1632, Anne Bradstreet, living in what is now Harvard Square, wrote one of the first published poems in British North America, and in 1959, Cambridge-based Carters Ink marketed the first yellow Hi-liter. W.E.B. Du Bois, Julia Child, Yo-Yo Ma, and Noam Chomsky all lived or worked in Cambridge at various points in their lives. Born in Cambridge tells these stories and many others, chronicling cultural icons, influential ideas, and world-changing innovations that all came from one city of modest size across the Charles River from Boston. Nearly 200 illustrations connect stories to Cambridge locations.Cambridge is famous for being home to MIT and Harvard, and these institutions play a leading role in many of these stories-the development of microwave radar, the invention of napalm, and Robert Lowells poetry workshop, for example. But many have no academic connection, including Junior Mints, Mount Auburn Cemetery (the first garden cemetery), and the public radio show Car Talk. Its clear that Cambridge has not only a genius for invention but also a genius for reinvention, and authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta consider larger lessons from Cambridges success stories-about urbanism, the roots of innovation, and nurturing the next generation of good ideas. Author Biography Karen Weintraub is a journalist, now working as health reporter at USA Today. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Scientific American, and STAT, and she is the coauthor of The Autism Revolution and Fast Minds. Michael Kuchta is an architect and campus planner. Details ISBN 0262046806 ISBN-13 9780262046800 Title Born in Cambridge Author Karen Weintraub, Michael Kuchta Format Hardcover Year 2022 Pages 344 Publisher MIT Press Ltd GE_Item_ID:141685729; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780262046800
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Book Title: Born in Cambridge : 400 Years of Ideas and Innovators
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Inventions, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 1.1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 44.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Karen Weintraub, Michael Kuchta
Item Width: 8.2 in
Format: Hardcover
