Category: From the Vault
See It Now: Jay W. Forrester and the WHIRLWIND Computer (1951)
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Jay W. Forrester talks about his work on the WHIRLWIND Project, during an interview with Edward R. Murrow for CBS News on Dec. 16, 1951.
Oxide Interface: A Chance for New Electronics, Dr. Lu Li
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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Dr. Lu Li, 2008--2011 Pappalardo Fellow (Condensed Matter Experiment) Like silicon in computer chips, interfaces between complex oxides are po...
Surprises When You Look Up at the Sky with Gamma-ray Goggles, Meng Su
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The 12th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 10, 2013 Dr. Meng Su, 2012--15 Pappalardo Fellow (Theoretical Astrophysics)
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...
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.
Artificial “Skin” — Ioannis Yannas (1982)
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MIT Professor of Biological Engineering Ioannis V. Yannas discusses his pioneering work developing the first synthetic skin in collaboration with John F. Burke at Massachusetts General Hospital during the 1970s and ea...
1999 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture — John H. Gibbons, “Sustainable Growth: Fantasy or Vision?”
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Dr. John H. Gibbons presents the last of three lectures delivered during the 1998-1999 academic year as part of the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture series. His talk is titled "Sustainable Growth: Fantasy or Vision?" and ...
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 ...
1995 Freshman Convocation: President Charles M. Vest
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President Charles M. Vest addressing the M.I.T. freshman class of 1995. Recorded August 28,1995.
Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Dr. Paul Chesler
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9th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium May 14, 2010 Applied String Theory: From Gravitational Collapse to Heavy Ion Collisions Dr. Paul Chesler, 2009-12 Fellow (Nuclear & Particle Theory) A remar...
