Introduction: moments of decision / David Kaiser
"God speed the institute": the foundational years, 1861-1894 / Merritt Roe Smith
Mergers and acquisitions / Bruce Sinclair
Patrons and a plan / Christophe Lécuyer
MIT and war / Deborah Douglas
Elephant on the Charles: postwar growing pains / David Kaiser
"Time of troubles" for the special laboratories / Stuart W. Leslie
"Refrain from using the alphabet": how community outreach catalyzed the life sciences at MIT / John Durant
Putting gender on the table / Lotte Bailyn, with an afterword by Nancy Hopkins
Epilogue / Susan Hockfield.
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Becoming MIT : moments of decision. ISBN 9780262113236. Published by MIT Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
