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The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). The core focus of its books and journals are the subjects of Art & Architecture, the Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Economics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, New Media, and Science, Technology, & Society.

The Press has published more than 8,000 books throughout its history, and publishes about 200 books and 40 journals every year.

The MIT Press was created in 1932 as an imprint called Technology Press. It became an independent publishing house and acquired its modern name in 1962. In 1981, The MIT Press published its first book, Brainstorms: Philosophical Essays on Mind and Psychology by Daniel C. Dennett, under the Bradford Books imprint.

The MIT Press is a distributor for such publishers as Zone Books and Semiotext(e).

The MIT Press also operates a bookstore highlighting its output, along with complementary works from other publishers, near its Cambridge headquarters. The store is located next to the Kendall Square station of the MBTA Red Line in Cambridge.

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The University Press, also commonly referred to as the UP, is the student-run newspaper of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. The newspaper is published biweekly during the summer and weekly during the fall and spring semesters.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing 32 academic departments,[3]
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Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts
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Country United States
State Massachusetts
County Middlesex
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Cognitive science is most simply defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence (e.g. Luger 1994). It is an interdisciplinary study drawing from relevant fields including psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, computer science,
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Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems.
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Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Greek for oikos (house) and nomos (custom or law), hence "rules of the house(hold).
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Neuroscience is a field that is devoted to the scientific study of the nervous system. Such studies may include the structure, function, evolutionary history, development, genetics, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, and pathology of the nervous system.
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imprint is a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to market the work to different demographic consumer segments.
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Semiotext(e) is an American independent publisher. It is widely credited for having introduced so-called "French Theory" to North America through its magazine issues and Foreign Agents series.
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Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, located at the intersection of Main Street, Broadway, Wadsworth Street, and Third Street. It may also refer to the broad business district that is east of Portland Street, west of the Charles River, north of MIT and
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Red Line is a rapid transit line operated by the MBTA running roughly north-south through Boston, Massachusetts into neighboring communities. From the northwest, the line begins in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Alewife station, near the intersection of Alewife Brook Parkway and Route
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