Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT - Institute Historian T. F. Peterson - Google Books

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A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon.An MIT "hack" is an ingenious, benign, and anonymous prank or practical joke, often requiring engineering or scientific expertise and often…