Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub

279.00

Only 1 left in stock

Get it by 13 July

Order in 21h29m

Payment discount

Sold by Ophelia Books

Not enough ratings to show

Partner since7+ Y

Great recent rating

Free delivery on Lockers & Pickup Points

This item is eligible for free returns

Secure Payments

Product Overview

Specifications

Publisher	MIT Press
ISBN 10	0262046512
Book Format	Hardcover
Book Description	The evolution of the most innovative square mile on the planet: the endless cycles of change and reinvention that created today's Kendall Square.Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been called "the most innovative square mile on the planet." It's a life science hub, hosting Biogen, Moderna, Pfizer, Takeda, and others. It's a major tech center, with Google, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple all occupying big chunks of pricey office space. Kendall Square also boasts a dense concentration of startups, with leading venture capital firms conveniently located nearby. And of course, MIT is just down the block. In Where Futures Converge, Robert Buderi offers the first detailed account of the unique ecosystem that is Kendall Square, chronicling the endless cycles of change and reinvention that have driven its evolution. Buderi, who himself has worked in Kendall Square for the past twenty years, tells fascinating stories of great innovators and their innovations that stretch back two centuries. Before biotech and artificial intelligence, there was railroad car innovation, the first long-distance telephone call, the Polaroid camera, MIT's once secret, now famous Radiation Laboratory, and much more. Buderi takes readers on a walking tour of the square and talks to dozens of innovators, entrepreneurs, urban planners, historians, and others. He considers Kendall Square's limitations--it's "gentrification gone rogue," by one description, with little affordable housing, no pharmacy, and a scarce middle class--and its strengths: the "human collisions" that spur innovation. What's next for Kendall Square? Buderi speculates about the next big innovative enterprises and outlines lessons for aspiring innovation districts. More important, he asks how Kendall Square can be both an innovation hub and diversity, equity, and inclusion hub. There's a lot of work still to do.
Publication Date	2022-05-10

ISBN 13	9780262046510
Author	Robert Buderi
Language	English
About the Author	Robert Buderi is an author, journalist, and entrepreneur. He is the author of Engines of Tomorrow, The Invention That Changed the World, and other books, former Editor-in-Chief of Technology Review, and founder of the media company Xconomy.
Number of Pages	368 pages

Cart Total  279.00

Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub

279.00

 279

Low stock: only 1 left