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Samuel Jay Keyser

Mens et Mania

The MIT Nobody Knows

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A memoir of MIT life, from being Noam Chomsky's boss to negotiating with student protesters.When Jay Keyser arrived at MIT in 1977 to head the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, he writes, he felt like a fish that had been introduced to water for the first time. At MIT, a colleague grabbed him by the lapels to discuss dark matter; Noam Chomsky called him boss (double SOB spelled backward?); and engaging in conflict resolution made him feel like a marriage counselor trying to reconcile a union between a Jehovah's witness and a vampire. In Mens et Mania, Keyser recounts his academic and administrative adventures during a career of more t… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-262-53711-7
  • EAN: 9780262537117
  • Produktnummer: 28949710
  • Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 248 S.
  • Masse: H19.6 cm x B23.5 cm x D1.2 cm 276 g
  • Gewicht: 276
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Samuel Jay Keyser is Peter de Florez Emeritus Professor in MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy and Special Assistant to the Chancellor. Head of the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy from 1977 to 1998, he also held the positions of Director of the Center for Cognitive Science and Associate Provost.Lawrence Bacow is President of Tufts University and the former Chancellor of MIT.

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