Category: From the Vault
Gyorgy Kepes Interview (1988)
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Gyorgy Kepes, founder of MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS), is interviewed at his home in Cambridge, MA, on the occasion of a California Polytechnic show on art and science in December 1988. The intervi...
Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Dr. Paola Rebusco
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9th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium May 14, 2010 Astronomers-to-be at MIT Dr. Paola Rebusco, 2007-10 Fellow (Theoretical Astrophysics) During my time at MIT, I had the good luck to mentor three ta...
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.
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)
“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...
Apollo 11 Launch (1969) — Major Alexander P. de Seversky
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This short home movie taken by Major Alexander P. de Seversky, the Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor, shows a personal view of the APOLLO 11 launch and the attending audience. MIT Museum Collections.
President Charles M. Vest: Innovation Summit Briefing
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Recorded February 12, 1998.
Testing Galaxy Formation Models at the Small Scales, Dr. Simona Vegetti
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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 The distribution of masses of dwarf satellite galaxies that are observed around Local Group galaxies differs substantially from simulations ba...
Dissecting the Remnants of Nearby Supernova Explosions, Dr. Laura Lopez
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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 Supernovae are the explosive ends of the lives of massive stars. They are the most energetic events in the Universe, and they produce almost a...
Dynamics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) with Effective Field Theories, Dr. Duff Neill
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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Duff Neill, 2012--15 Pappalardo Fellow (Quantum Field Theory)
