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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 ...

“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...

Technology Day 1993 — “Riding the Wave of Innovation: The Ocean and MIT”

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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MIT's 1993 Technology Day, on the theme "Riding the Wave of Innovation: The Ocean and MIT," takes place June 4, 1993. Speakers featured in the morning symposium include Sylvia Earle, "Exploring the Ocean with Unmanned...

“Big Magnets” (1961) — Science Reporter TV Series

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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Dr. Benjamin Lax discusses the future of the nascent National Magnetic Laboratory at MIT (of which he is the director) in fields such as biomagnetics, along with MIT professor Francis Bitter, research biologist Dr. H....

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

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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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...

See It Now: Jay W. Forrester and the WHIRLWIND Computer (1951)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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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.

Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics: Introductory Remarks with Prof. Jocelyn Monroe

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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The 10th Annual Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics Symposium: May 13, 2011 Prof. Jocelyn Monroe, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT; 2006-2009 Pappalardo Fellow

2nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration — Walter J. Leonard (1975)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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Following an invocation prayer and a musical performance, Walter J. Leonard delivers the keynote address for the second annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Celebration at MIT. Leonard, who at the time was Special...

Amar Bose: 6.312 Lecture 27—Personal Reflections

Teaching Excellence at MIT 13 years ago

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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...