Category: From the Vault
Vignettes of Early Radiation Workers (1978)
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Vignettes of early radiation workers with John G. Trump, D.Sc, Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT. In this video series moderated by Lauriston S. Taylor, "Vignettes of Early Radiation Workers" showcases interv...
A Membrane Puzzle, Dr. Sliviu Pufu
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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 It has been known for quite some time that ten-dimensional string theory is contained within a fairly mysterious eleven-dimensional theory of ...
“Camp Technology” (1936)
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This vintage film from 1936 shows the daily routines of work (and play) at MIT's surveying camp for civil engineering students. It was known affectionately as "Camp Technology" and for years was held at a site on the ...
The Disappearing Neutrino?, Dr. Joshua Spitz
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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 More than 80 years after its proposed existence, the neutrino remains mysterious and enigmatic. We don't know the mass of the neutrino, how ma...
Nanoelectronics with Atomically Layered Materials, Hugh Churchill
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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Hugh Churchill, 2012--15 Pappalardo Fellow
A. Neil Pappalardo — Reflections on an MIT Education (2008)
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A. Neil Pappalardo '64 shares his life story during an inspirational 2008 talk titled "Reflections on an MIT Education." Introduced by MIT President Susan Hockfield, Pappalardo explains the lessons he learned at MIT a...
“Big Magnets” (1961) — Science Reporter TV Series
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Dr. Benjamin Lax discusses the future of the nascent National Magnetic Laboratory at MIT (of which he is the director) in fields such as biomagnetics, along with MIT professor Francis Bitter, research biologist Dr. H....
Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Introductory Remarks with Edmund Bertschinger
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Edmund Bertschinger, Head, Department of Physics
“The Thinking Machine” (1961) — MIT Centennial Film
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Screen actor David Wayne chats with MIT Professor Jerome Wiesner on developments in computer research and artificial intelligence, as part of the "Tomorrow" television series produced by CBS for MIT on occasion of MIT...
“A Solution to Computer Bottlenecks” (1963) – Science Reporter TV Series
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Fernando J. Corbató, Associate Director of the MIT Computation Center, discusses the challenges of resolving computer bottlenecks that were becoming an increasingly significant issue around high-speed computers, and t...
