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24th Killian Award Lecture (1996) — Daniel Kleppner, “Views From a Garden of Worldly Delights”

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Dr. Daniel Kleppner, Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics and associate professor in the Research Laboratory for Electronics, delivers the 1995-96 James R. Killian Faculty Achievement Award lecture entitled "Views From a...

22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (1996)

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The 22nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration on the theme "With Liberty and Justice for All," held February 16, 1996, features Dr. Julius L. Chambers as keynote speaker. Student speakers include Kareem How...

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

“Automatically Programmed Tools” (1959) — Science Reporter TV Series

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In this 1959 MIT Science Reporter television program, researchers John Francis Reintjes and Douglas Taylor Ross present the APT project, a novel system for the computerization of numerical control being developed at t...

Iron-based High Temperature Superconductors: How Electrons Pair by Repulsion, Dr. Fa Wang

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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Fa Wang, 2009--2012 Pappalardo Fellow (Hard Condensed Matter Theory) In superconductors, electrons form pairs that can transport electrici...

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...

Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum (1988) — Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross and Ralph Nader

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Panel discussion at the Ethics in Engineering and Science Forum addressing issues of whistle-blowing and ethics with Sylvia Robins, Doug Ross, and Ralph Nader. Caroline Whitbeck, moderator. Held April 14, 1988.

Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Introductory Remarks by Janet Conrad

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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Janet Conrad - Chair, 2013-14 Pappalardo Fellowships Executive Committee Recorded 5-10-13

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

What Happens at the End of Inflation?, Dr. Mustafa Amin

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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Mustafa Amin, 2008--2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Theoretical Astrophysics) Inflation, a period of accelerated expansion in the very early Unive...