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The InfiniteMIT site is history as it is happening: interviews with legendary change-makers, contemporary and archival footage, unforgettable lectures, speeches, and symposia, community celebrations, and the whimsical ingenuity of MIT humor and hacks.

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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
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
Jun 03, 2008

"Reflections on a life at MIT ... a remarkable journey."

Paul E. Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 (1932-2017)

MIT President

MIT 150 Interview

Paul E. Gray seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
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.
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.
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
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
Jun 03, 2008

"Reflections on a life at MIT ... a remarkable journey."

Paul E. Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 (1932-2017)

MIT President

MIT 150 Interview

Paul E. Gray seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
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.
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.
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
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
Jun 03, 2008

"Reflections on a life at MIT ... a remarkable journey."

Paul E. Gray ’54, SM ’55, ScD ’60 (1932-2017)

MIT President

MIT 150 Interview

Paul E. Gray seated in front of a black background for an on camera interview.
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.
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.