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Nov 05, 2015

"On Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Communication."

Mario J. Molina (1943-2020)

Institute Professor, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Compton Lecture

Mario Molina delivers a lecture onstage, a large image of MIT's great dome building in the background
Nov 27, 1984

"Harold "Doc" Edgerton revisits his breakthroughs in photography in his talk, "The History of the Strobe"."

Harold ‘Doc' Edgerton (1903-1990)

Institute Professor

Electrial Engineering and Computer History Lecture Series

A trapese artist flying through the air, strobe photography image.
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, 1987

"The first woman recipient of the Killian award discusses carbon research in her lecture on "New Materials Through Science and New Science Through Materials"."

Mildred S. Dresselhaus (1930-2017)

Institute Professor

15th Killian Award Lecture

Mildred Dresselhaus stands in front of a chalkboard, looking to the side and speaking.
Sep 28, 2009

"OpenCourseWare came out of the fundamental values that we hold, as MIT faculty, about knowledge. Knowledge is better when it's open and it's shared freely."

Shigeru Miyagawa

Professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture

MIT 150 Interview

Shigeru Miyagawa seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
Nov 05, 2015

"On Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Communication."

Mario J. Molina (1943-2020)

Institute Professor, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Compton Lecture

Mario Molina delivers a lecture onstage, a large image of MIT's great dome building in the background
Nov 27, 1984

"Harold "Doc" Edgerton revisits his breakthroughs in photography in his talk, "The History of the Strobe"."

Harold ‘Doc' Edgerton (1903-1990)

Institute Professor

Electrial Engineering and Computer History Lecture Series

A trapese artist flying through the air, strobe photography image.
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, 1987

"The first woman recipient of the Killian award discusses carbon research in her lecture on "New Materials Through Science and New Science Through Materials"."

Mildred S. Dresselhaus (1930-2017)

Institute Professor

15th Killian Award Lecture

Mildred Dresselhaus stands in front of a chalkboard, looking to the side and speaking.
Sep 28, 2009

"OpenCourseWare came out of the fundamental values that we hold, as MIT faculty, about knowledge. Knowledge is better when it's open and it's shared freely."

Shigeru Miyagawa

Professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture

MIT 150 Interview

Shigeru Miyagawa seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
Nov 05, 2015

"On Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Communication."

Mario J. Molina (1943-2020)

Institute Professor, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

Compton Lecture

Mario Molina delivers a lecture onstage, a large image of MIT's great dome building in the background
Nov 27, 1984

"Harold "Doc" Edgerton revisits his breakthroughs in photography in his talk, "The History of the Strobe"."

Harold ‘Doc' Edgerton (1903-1990)

Institute Professor

Electrial Engineering and Computer History Lecture Series

A trapese artist flying through the air, strobe photography image.
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, 1987

"The first woman recipient of the Killian award discusses carbon research in her lecture on "New Materials Through Science and New Science Through Materials"."

Mildred S. Dresselhaus (1930-2017)

Institute Professor

15th Killian Award Lecture

Mildred Dresselhaus stands in front of a chalkboard, looking to the side and speaking.
Sep 28, 2009

"OpenCourseWare came out of the fundamental values that we hold, as MIT faculty, about knowledge. Knowledge is better when it's open and it's shared freely."

Shigeru Miyagawa

Professor of Linguistics & Kochi-Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture

MIT 150 Interview

Shigeru Miyagawa seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.