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Is String Theory Right or is It Just Useful?, Dr. David Tong

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Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics 10th Anniversary Celebration: October 8, 2010 Dr. David Tong 2001-2004 Pappalardo Fellow

17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration (1991)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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The Seventeenth Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration takes place January 18, 1991, and features Dr. Benjamin Hooks as keynote speaker. Four students also present a youth perspective on the significance of t...

Reel World MIT

Teaching Excellence at MIT 11 years ago

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Join Larry Gallagher and the MIT Academic Video Productions team with special guest, the original MIT Science Reporter, John Fitch, for a night "behind the screens" at the MIT Museum. See historic and entertaining fil...

“Bountiful Grant of the Sea” (1972) — Prof. Athelsan Spilhaus

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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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...

Technology Day 1994 — “For the Wonder of it All: The Arts at MIT”

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MIT's Technology Day 1994 titled "For the the Wonder of it All: the Arts at MIT" takes place on June 3, 1994, and features the following presentations: Philip Morrison on "Art and Science"; I. M. Pei '40 and William M...

“Underwater Photography” (1964) — Science Reporter TV Series

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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This black and white film features Harold "Doc" Edgerton interviewed by John Fitch about the technology and scientific applications of underwater photography for the "MIT Science Reporter" (National Education Televisi...

Amar Bose: 6.312 Lecture 27—Personal Reflections

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 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...

“Phi Beta Epsilon” (1927)

Teaching Excellence at MIT 12 years ago

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This light-hearted silent film shows life at the Phi Beta Epsilon fraternity at MIT during the 1926-1927 academic year. It is filled with silly gags and activities, from house-cleaning to house parties and sports even...

1998 MIT Commencement Exercises — President William Jefferson Clinton

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WIlliam Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, delivers an address as a Guest Speaker at the 1998 MIT Commencement Exercises, held on June 8, 1998.