Category: From the Vault
1998 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture — John H. Gibbons, “21st Century: ‘Will Science and Technology…”
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For his first of three Karl Taylor Compton Lectures, Dr. John H. Gibbons delivers a talk on "21st Century: "Will Science and Technology Contribute to Society or Scuttle It?" Introduction by Charles M. Vest.
“Bountiful Grant of the Sea” (1972) — Prof. Athelsan Spilhaus
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Prof. Athelsan Spilhaus '33, inventor of the bathythermograph, gives the inaugural lecture, titled "Bountiful Grant of the Sea", for the MIT Sea Grant Program Convocation celebration on September 27, 1972. Introducti...
Amar Bose: 6.312 Lecture 27—Personal Reflections
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Dr. Bose addresses students during the last class of the Fall 1995 semester. He first illustrates an experiment about sound deterioration and normal modes, using multiple re-recordings of a piece of music, a human voi...
“The Airplane at Play” (1930s) — Charles S. Draper and Robert M. Love
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Charles Stark Draper and Robert M. Love '33 give a wonderful pilot's view of early aerial acrobatics, filming them from both the ground and the cockpit. Cameramen: Draper and Arthur Rossi; Pilot: C.W. Sutherland. Loc...
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
Charles M. Vest: Diversity Interview
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An interview with the 15th President of MIT, Charles M. Vest, on Diversity. Recorded October 14, 1993.
“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...
27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (2001) — Dr. Lani Guinier
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Harvard Law School Professor Lani Guinier delivers the keynote address for the 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration, on the theme "Confronting the Gap: Building and Sustaining Inclusion." Student spe...
Fractal Butterflies in Moiré Superlattices, Dr. Andrea Young
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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Andrea Young, 2011--14 Pappalardo Fellow (Experimental Condensed Matter)
1993 MIT Commencement Address — President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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Dr. Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Constitutional President of the United Mexican States, gives the 1993 MIT Commencement Address on May 28, 1993.
