Nightwork A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT T.F. Peterson Institute Historian

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Book Title
Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT
Narrative Type
Fiction
Personalized
No
Genre
Literature & Fiction
Intended Audience
Adult
Topic
Technology
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Unit Quantity
1
ISBN
9780262515849
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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262515849
ISBN-13
9780262515849
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99571619

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Nightwork, Updated Edition : a History of Hacks and Pranks at Mit
Subject
Social Aspects, Regional Studies, Student Life & Student Affairs, Higher
Publication Year
2011
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Author
Institute Historian Peterson
Subject Area
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Education
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
25.5 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
8.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-032678
Reviews
Nightwork. .. shows that students just want to have fun, especially engineering and technology students.
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
378.744/4
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon. An MIT "hack" is an ingenious, benign, and anonymous prank or practical joke, often requiring engineering or scientific expertise and often pulled off under cover of darkness--instances of campus mischief sometimes coinciding with April Fool's Day, final exams, or commencement. (It should not be confused with the sometimes non-benign phenomenon of computer hacking.) Noteworthy MIT hacks over the years include the legendary Harvard-Yale Football Game Hack (when a weather balloon emblazoned "MIT" popped out of the ground near the 50-yard line), the campus police car found perched on the Great Dome, the apparent disappearance of the Institute president's office, and a faux cathedral (complete with stained glass windows, organ, and wedding ceremony) in a lobby. Hacks are by their nature ephemeral, although they live on in the memory of both perpetrators and spectators. Nightwork , drawing on the MIT Museum's unique collection of hack-related photographs and other materials, describes and documents the best of MIT's hacks and hacking culture. This generously illustrated updated edition has added coverage of such recent hacks as the cross-country abduction of rival Caltech's cannon (a prank requiring months of planning, intricate choreography, and last-minute improvisation), a fire truck on the Dome that marked the fifth anniversary of 9/11, and numerous pokes at the celebrated Frank Gehry-designed Stata Center, and even a working solar-powered Red Line subway car on the Great Dome. Hacks have been said to express the essence of MIT, providing, as alumnus Andre DeHon observes, "an opportunity to demonstrate creativity and know-how in mastering the physical world." What better way to mark the 150th anniversary of MIT's founding than to commemorate its native ingenuity with this new edition of Nightwork ?, A lively introduction toMIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of theCaltech cannon., A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon. An MIT "hack" is an ingenious, benign, and anonymous prank or practical joke, often requiring engineering or scientific expertise and often pulled off under cover of darkness-instances of campus mischief sometimes coinciding with April Fool's Day, final exams, or commencement. (It should not be confused with the sometimes non-benign phenomenon of computer hacking.) Noteworthy MIT hacks over the years include the legendary Harvard-Yale Football Game Hack (when a weather balloon emblazoned "MIT" popped out of the ground near the 50-yard line), the campus police car found perched on the Great Dome, the apparent disappearance of the Institute president's office, and a faux cathedral (complete with stained glass windows, organ, and wedding ceremony) in a lobby. Hacks are by their nature ephemeral, although they live on in the memory of both perpetrators and spectators. Nightwork , drawing on the MIT Museum's unique collection of hack-related photographs and other materials, describes and documents the best of MIT's hacks and hacking culture. This generously illustrated updated edition has added coverage of such recent hacks as the cross-country abduction of rival Caltech's cannon (a prank requiring months of planning, intricate choreography, and last-minute improvisation), a fire truck on the Dome that marked the fifth anniversary of 9/11, and numerous pokes at the celebrated Frank Gehry-designed Stata Center, and even a working solar-powered Red Line subway car on the Great Dome. Hacks have been said to express the essence of MIT, providing, as alumnus Andre DeHon observes, "an opportunity to demonstrate creativity and know-how in mastering the physical world." What better way to mark the 150th anniversary of MIT's founding than to commemorate its native ingenuity with this new edition of Nightwork ?
LC Classification Number
T171.M49P48 2011

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