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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

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 ...

MITv “Election ’76” (Nov. 1, 1976)

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The MITv NEWS student-run program on Nov. 1, 1976,  features a debate on the imminent national elections chaired by Nancy Lukitsh with guest speakers Jeff Pressman (MIT), Walter Dean Burnham (MIT) and Chris Arterton (...

15th Killian Award Lecture (1987) — Mildred S. Dresselhaus, “Adventures in Carbon Research”

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Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus delivers the first of two talks for James R. Killian, Jr., Faculty Achievement Award, titled "Adventures in Carbon Research", on April 1, 1987.  Established in 1971 as a trib...

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...

Lester C. Thurow and Carl Sagan — “Management in the Year 2000” (1988)

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Here are presented highlights from the Spring 1988 "Symposium on Management in the Year 2000" featuring Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Lester C. Thurow, and Cornell professor Carl Sagan. Moderated by Stev...

“Computer For Apollo” (1965) — Science Reporter TV Series

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This 1965 "Science Reporter" television program features the Apollo guidance computer and navigation equipment, which involve less than 60 lbs of microcircuits and memory cores. Scientists and engineers Eldon Hall, Ra...

“Making Electrons Count” (c.1950)

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This early 1950s film provides a fascinating tour of the WHIRLWIND I computer facilities at MIT, illustrating daily routines, problem-shooting and step-by-step procedures that computer programmers and other users go t...

“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...

“Returning From the Moon” (1966) — Science Reporter TV Series

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This 1966 "Science Reporter" television program tackles the challenges of getting the Apollo Command Module safely back from space through the atmosphere to Earth—one of the most forbidding hurdles of the Apollo progr...