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Is String Theory Right or is It Just Useful?, Dr. David Tong
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. David Tong 2001-2004 Pappalardo Fellow
Technology Day 1995 — “War, Technology, Peace and Change”
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MIT's 1995 Technology Day takes place on June 16, 1995 on the theme "War, Technology, Peace and Change." A fly-by of six vintage World War II airplanes led by a B-25, intended as a tribute to the sacrifices of MIT c...
20th Killian Award Lecture (1992) — Noam Chomsky, “Language: The Cognitive Revolutions”
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Professor Noam Chomsky delivers the 20th annual James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award and Lecture, "Language: the Cognitive Revolutions", on April 8, 1992. The Killian Award was established in 1971 to reco...
1994 MIT Commencement Address — His Highness Karim Aga Khan IV
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His Highness Karim Aga Khan IV, Spiritual Leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, gives the 1994 MIT Commencement Address. The Aga Kahn is the first Muslim to be the guest speaker at the MIT Commencement exercises.
Particle Physics at the Dark Frontier, Dr. Jocelyn Monroe
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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. Jocelyn Monroe 2006-2009 Pappalardo Fellow
“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....
2nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration — Walter J. Leonard (1975)
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Following an invocation prayer and a musical performance, Walter J. Leonard delivers the keynote address for the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration at MIT. Leonard, who at the time was Special...
Oxide Interface: A Chance for New Electronics, Dr. Lu Li
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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Lu Li, 2008--2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Condensed Matter Experiment) Like silicon in computer chips, interfaces between complex oxides are po...
Ronald E. McNair Building Dedication, Center for Space Research (1986)
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On Dec. 5, 1986, MIT dedicated Building 37, home to the Center for Space Research, and part of the aeronautics and astronautics department, to Ronald E. McNair PhD '76. During McNair's second flight in space, he lost ...
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...
