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A Membrane Puzzle, Dr. Sliviu Pufu

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The 11th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 18, 2012 It has been known for quite some time that ten-dimensional string theory is contained within a fairly mysterious eleven-dimensional theory of ...

The Cosmic Gift of Neutron Stars, Victoria Kaspi

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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MIT Pappalardo Lecture Speaker: Victoria Kaspi, Department of Physics, McGill University Recorded on October 3, 2013

“The Apollo 4 Mission” (1967)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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This 1967 film depicts the preparation, launch and recovery of the successful flight of the first seven and one-half million pound-thrust Saturn Five vehicle with the Apollo spacecraft. The actual course of the fligh...

“Soft Machine” (1984) — Architecture Machine Group

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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In this video the Architecture Machine Group (a think-tank laboratory that preceded MIT's current Media Lab) introduces the Interactive Graphical Robot System and Video Slidathon. As the computer states, "The man-comp...

1998 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture — John H. Gibbons, “Governance of Science and Technology…”

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For his second of three Karl Taylor Compton Lectures, Dr. John H. Gibbons delivers a talk on October 22, 1998 titled "The Governance of Science and Technology: Theory, Myth, Reality", in which he discusses the role o...

Vignettes of Early Radiation Workers (1978)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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Vignettes of early radiation workers with John G. Trump, D.Sc, Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT. In this video series moderated by Lauriston S. Taylor, "Vignettes of Early Radiation Workers" showcases interv...

Ronald E. McNair Building Dedication, Center for Space Research (1986)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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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 ...

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...

“Camp Technology” (1936)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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This vintage film from 1936 shows the daily routines of work (and play) at MIT's surveying camp for civil engineering students. It was known affectionately as "Camp Technology" and for years was held at a site on the ...