{"product_id":"born-in-cambridge-isbn-9780262046800","title":"Born in Cambridge","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnne Bradstreet, W.E.B. Du Bois, gene editing, and Junior Mints: cultural icons, influential ideas, and world-changing innovations from Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCambridge, 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 Carter’s 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. \u003ci\u003eBorn in Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCambridge 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 Lowell’s 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 \u003ci\u003eCar Talk\u003c\/i\u003e. It’s 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 Cambridge’s success stories—about urbanism, the roots of innovation, and nurturing the next generation of good ideas. \u003cbr\u003e Preface and Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003cbr\u003e1 The Literary-Industrial Complex 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Social Reform in the People's Republic 47\u003cbr\u003e3 Industrial Cambridge 87\u003cbr\u003e4 Origins of a Research Enterprise 137\u003cbr\u003e5 Cambridge Goes to War 185\u003cbr\u003e6 Digital Cambridge 225\u003cbr\u003e7 Harnessing Biology 259\u003cbr\u003e8 Our Fair City in Popular Culture 293\u003cbr\u003e9 Re: Invention 335\u003cbr\u003eNotes 343\u003cbr\u003eIndex 385\"Authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta have lived in Cambridge for over 20 years, and on long walks around the city, started noting historical plaques and tallying 'firsts' for the city. The result of their perambulations is the delightful \u003ci\u003eBorn in Cambridge: 400 Years of Ideas and Innovations\u003c\/i\u003e... the book is a celebration of the People’s Republic, and the energy, innovation, and creative crackle that’s wildly out of proportion with its small size... Weintraub and Kuchta deliver an enormous amount of information, digestibly told, giving insights and new corners of discovery for even the lifelong Cantabrigian. It’s an unconventional history for an unconventional city.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBorn in Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e covers a ton of ground, but part of the book's charm is turning its pages and not knowing what gem of a piece of local history you'll stumble upon next.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Ever wonder where so many astonishing innovations and inventions were born? If yes, this marvelously researched and beautifully written book about one little city in America is just for you.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBarry Bluestone, Stearns Trustee Professor Emeritus, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Urban Experience: Economics, Society, and Public Policy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A fascinating, illuminating, and fun canvas of the key discoveries, inventions, and social movements that exemplify the home of MIT and Harvard—and have shaped or influenced the world over the past 400 years. Historical storytelling at its best.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRobert Buderi, former editor in chief, \u003ci\u003eTechnology Review;\u003c\/i\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eWhere Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A valuable and engaging book about the process of innovation in one city, \u003ci\u003eBorn in Cambridg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003ee\u003c\/u\u003e illustrates how Cambridge became a capital of the global knowledge economy.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJames C. O’Connell, Boston University; author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hub’s Metropolis: GreaterBoston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eKaren Weintraub is a journalist, now working as health reporter at \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSTAT\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Autism Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFast Minds\u003c\/i\u003e. Michael Kuchta is an architect and campus planner.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304788316389,"sku":"NP9780262046800","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262046800.jpg?v=1767722962","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/born-in-cambridge-isbn-9780262046800","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}