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8. Barker – A book featuring a powerful work of engineering

Located in the heart of campus, the Barker Engineering Library is home to one of MIT’s signature spaces. The main reading room of the Library is located on the fifth floor of Building 10, inside MIT’s Great Dome, and has served as a library reading room since 1916, when the Institute moved to Cambridge from Boston. Recent renovation work restored the Dome’s oculus, improved lighting and restored the colors of the original space.

Suggested Reads

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
The Great Wallby John Man
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail by Matthys Levy
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age by W. Bernard Carlson
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner
The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA by Diane Vaughan
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

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