The MIT Press Essential Knowledge is a 43-book series with 55 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Fredric Raichlen, Paul E. Ceruzzi, Limor Shifman, Ansgar Allen, Zoltan Torey, Murray Shanahan, Kent E. Portney, Samuel Greengard, Jeffrey Pomerantz, Moheb Costandi, Lynette Jones, J.M. Berger, Howard J. Herzog, David R. Garcia, Michael J. Neufeld, Richard E. Cytowic, Amaranth Borsuk, Lee McIntyre, Nolen Gertz, Hany Farid, Peter J. Denning, Matti Tedre, Panos Louridas, Roger J. Kreuz, Mark Coeckelbergh, Dariusz Jemielniak, Robert I. Rotberg, Jed Brody, Alexis L. Boylan, Chad Engelland, Sherryl Vint, Kathryn Bond Stockton, Remi H. Kalir, Antero García, Tim Lomas, Robert Hassan, Kate Eichhorn, Mark Wolverton, Paul R. Rosenbaum, Fergus Craik, Larry Jacoby, John R. Shook, Ethem Alpaydin, John M. Jordan, Jonathan Haber, Bita Moghaddam, Milena Popova, Nicole M. Piemonte, John D. Kelleher, Brendan Tierney, Wade Roush, Finn Arne Jørgensen, Timothy P. Hubbard, Harry J. Paarsch, and Michael Keeble Buckland.