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14th Killian Award Lecture No. 1 (1986) — Franco Modigliani, “The Life Cycle Hypothesis”

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Professor Franco Modigliani's lecture, titled "Life Cycle Hypothesis of Savings", is the first of two talks he gave for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award Lecture series. Kresge Auditorium, April 2,...

Prof. Woodie Flowers, Course 2.70 Introduction to Design Competition (1981)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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Professor Woodie Flowers, of the MIT Mechanical Engineering department, hosts the 1981 competition for his famous "Introduction to Design" class — perhaps MIT's most influential engineering course. The challenge is de...

“Quicker ‘n a Wink” (1940) — Prof. Harold E. Edgerton

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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Directed by George Sidney, Quicker 'n a Wink introduces MIT Professor Harold "Doc" Edgerton who demonstrates strobe photography. This film allows us to see what happens at speeds too fast to be discerned by the naked ...

Technology Day 1999 — “The Human Body: Emerging Medical Science and Technology”

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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MIT's Technology Day 1999 focused on the theme "The Human Body: Emerging Medical Science and Technology." The event, which took place June 5, featured the following speakers and talks: Robert A. Weinberg '64, "How Can...

16th Killlian Award Lecture No. 1 (1988) — Jay W. Forrester, “The Common Foundation…”

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Jay W. Forrester delivers the first of two talks for the James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, titled "The Common Foundation Underlying Physical and Social Systems: Information Sources and Methods for Mod...

President Charles M. Vest: Innovation Summit Briefing

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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Recorded February 12, 1998.

Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Dr. David Hsieh

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9th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium May 14, 2010 A New Generation of Insulators for the Electronics Future Dr. David Hsieh, 2009-12 Fellow (Condensed Matter Experiment) Electrical insulators have ...

Playing with FIRE- The Edge of the Universe as seen from Magellan, Dr. Robert Simcoe

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. Robert Simcoe 2003-2006 Pappalardo Fellow

MIT Centennial Procession (1961)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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This short silent film shows the formal procession of MIT professors and other dignitaries gathering for the academic assembly at the MIT Centennial celebrations in 1961. MIT president Julius A. Stratton and his wife,...