Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT (revised edition, 2011) (ISBN 978-0-262-51584-9) is a history of the best-known hacks (flamboyant practical jokes) which have taken place at MIT. MIT is one of the most selective universities in the United States, with a famous hacker tradition.
Nightwork combines The Journal of the Institute for Hacks, TomFoolery, and Pranks at MIT (J. IHTFP) with Is This The Way To Baker House? and new elements. The "author" of "Nightwork" is listed as "Institute Historian T. F. Peterson", which is a reference to the MIT cultural acronym IHTFP.
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