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The year 1926 marked the first appearance of MIT Press origins when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a lecture series titled Problems of Atomic Dynamics. This series featured visiting German physicist Max Born, who would later win a Nobel Prize for his work in physics.
James R. Killian Jr., then editor of MIT's alumni magazine and future president of the university, founded this new entity called Technology Press in 1932. In 1961, celebrating the centennial of MIT's founding charter, the organization changed its name to The MIT Press.
Economic pressures in the late 1970s forced the publisher to narrow its catalog to specific key areas including architecture, computer science, artificial intelligence, economics, and cognitive science. Before this shift, the press had maintained a broad academic output across many disciplines.
Muriel Cooper created the MIT Press colophon used since 1962, designing an abstract version of lower-case letters mitp. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City acquired the colophon into its permanent design collection in 2023.
Candlewick Press partnered with MIT Press in 2019 to launch two new imprints for young readers: MIT Kids Press and MITeen Press. These initiatives focus on STEAM topics for children and young adults through books reviewed for accuracy before being handed off to Candlewick for design, marketing, promotion, and sales.