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Aug 04, 1992

"What's now known suggests that the language faculty simply grows a language, much as other organs of the body grow."

Noam Chomsky

Institute Professor Emeritus

20th Killian Award Lecture

Noam Chomsky standing onstage behind a podium in front of a dark background
Jan 04, 1949

"Scientists should never underrate the deep-seated qualities of human nature, and how, repressed in one direction, they will certainly breakout in another."

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Statesman, Writer, Orator

Mid-Century Convocation

Grainy black and white image of Winston Churchill on a stage walking to podium as two men onstage
Apr 02, 2008

"But in fact, the most memorable people that I have encountered as a citizen and as a journalist are those whose names I never knew."

Tom Brokaw

NBC Journalist

Compton Lecture

NBC broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw delivers the yearly Compton Lecture.
May 27, 1994

"When two people meet, or two particles, or two cultures, in that crucial moment of interaction, the results of an encounter are determined."

Spiritual Leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims

MIT Commencement Address, 1994

Karim Aga Khan IV wearing commencement attire, speaking at podium on outdoor stage, trees in background
Feb 14, 2008

"In science, nothing is absolute unless it is able to make predictions that can be verified by observation."

Jerome I. Friedman

Institute Professor Emeritus, Nobel Laureate

MIT 150 Interview

Jerome I. Friedman seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
Aug 04, 1992

"What's now known suggests that the language faculty simply grows a language, much as other organs of the body grow."

Noam Chomsky

Institute Professor Emeritus

20th Killian Award Lecture

Noam Chomsky standing onstage behind a podium in front of a dark background
Jan 04, 1949

"Scientists should never underrate the deep-seated qualities of human nature, and how, repressed in one direction, they will certainly breakout in another."

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Statesman, Writer, Orator

Mid-Century Convocation

Grainy black and white image of Winston Churchill on a stage walking to podium as two men onstage
Apr 02, 2008

"But in fact, the most memorable people that I have encountered as a citizen and as a journalist are those whose names I never knew."

Tom Brokaw

NBC Journalist

Compton Lecture

NBC broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw delivers the yearly Compton Lecture.
May 27, 1994

"When two people meet, or two particles, or two cultures, in that crucial moment of interaction, the results of an encounter are determined."

Spiritual Leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims

MIT Commencement Address, 1994

Karim Aga Khan IV wearing commencement attire, speaking at podium on outdoor stage, trees in background
Feb 14, 2008

"In science, nothing is absolute unless it is able to make predictions that can be verified by observation."

Jerome I. Friedman

Institute Professor Emeritus, Nobel Laureate

MIT 150 Interview

Jerome I. Friedman seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
Aug 04, 1992

"What's now known suggests that the language faculty simply grows a language, much as other organs of the body grow."

Noam Chomsky

Institute Professor Emeritus

20th Killian Award Lecture

Noam Chomsky standing onstage behind a podium in front of a dark background
Jan 04, 1949

"Scientists should never underrate the deep-seated qualities of human nature, and how, repressed in one direction, they will certainly breakout in another."

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

Statesman, Writer, Orator

Mid-Century Convocation

Grainy black and white image of Winston Churchill on a stage walking to podium as two men onstage
Apr 02, 2008

"But in fact, the most memorable people that I have encountered as a citizen and as a journalist are those whose names I never knew."

Tom Brokaw

NBC Journalist

Compton Lecture

NBC broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw delivers the yearly Compton Lecture.
May 27, 1994

"When two people meet, or two particles, or two cultures, in that crucial moment of interaction, the results of an encounter are determined."

Spiritual Leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims

MIT Commencement Address, 1994

Karim Aga Khan IV wearing commencement attire, speaking at podium on outdoor stage, trees in background
Feb 14, 2008

"In science, nothing is absolute unless it is able to make predictions that can be verified by observation."

Jerome I. Friedman

Institute Professor Emeritus, Nobel Laureate

MIT 150 Interview

Jerome I. Friedman seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.