# Mens et Mania

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- Book: [Mens et Mania](https://www.bookquiver.com/samuel-jay-keyser/mens-et-mania) ([Mens et Mania.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/samuel-jay-keyser/mens-et-mania.md))
- Authors: [Samuel Jay Keyser](https://www.bookquiver.com/samuel-jay-keyser), [Lawrence S. Bacow](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-s-bacow)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6253-711-7
- Pages: 248
- Published: 2019-02-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A memoir of MIT life, from being Noam Chomsky's boss to negotiating with student protesters. When Jay Keyser arrived at MIT in 1977 to head the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, he writes, he " felt...