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MIT Press

The MIT Press is the university press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The MIT Press publishes more than 300 books and over 40 academic journals each year, and pioneers open access models in academic publishing. The MIT Press primarily publishes academic and general interest titles, including textbooks, across fields spanning art and design, architecture, business, cognitive science, computer science, technology, and more.

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The MIT Press is the university press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The MIT Press publishes more than 300 books and over 40 academic journals each year, and pioneers open access models in academic publishing. The MIT Press primarily publishes academic and general interest titles, including textbooks, across fields spanning art and design, architecture, business, cognitive science, computer science, technology, and more.

Key claims

  1. date of establishment: 1972 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. publication date: 1970 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1972". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the publication date is "1970". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364006529

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.