The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at MIT
By (Author) Pepper White
MIT Press Ltd
MIT Press
12th October 2001
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: philosophy and social sciences
Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
378.744
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 133mm, Height 203mm, Spine 17mm
363g
Description
This is a personal story of the educational process at one of the world's great technological universities. Pepper White entered MIT in 1981 and received his master's degree in mechanical engineering in 1984. His account of his experiences, written in diary form, offers insight into graduate school life in general-including the loneliness and even desperation that can result from the intense pressure to succeed-and the purposes of engineering education in particular. The first professor White met at MIT told him that it did not really matter what he learned there, but that MIT would teach him how to think. This, then, is the story of how one student learned how to think. There have of course been changes at MIT since 1984, but its essence is still the same. White has added a new preface and concluding chapter to this edition to bring the story of his continuing education up to date.
Author Bio
Pepper White owns the consulting firm LCI Energy.
