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The Importance of Basic Research in Physics and of MIT
Science, The Endless Frontier: The Continuing Relevance of Vannevar Bush
Video Run Time: 0:56:07

Technical Notes on Video:

Video length is 0:56:07.

Edmund Bertschinger, Head of the Department of Physics, MIT, introduces the symposium, and Daniel Kleppner, Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, Emeritus, MIT.

At 2:38, Kleppner introduces the first symposium speaker, Charles Townes.

At 4:31, Charles Townes begins.

At 19:37, Robert L. Jaffe, Jane and Otto Morningstar Professor of Physics, MIT, introduces Patrick Lee, William & Emma Rogers Professor of Physics, MIT.

At 19:57, Lee introduces Shirley Jackson.
(NB: There’s a loud audio glitch at 20:09)

AT 23:08, Jackson begins.

At 51:04, Jaffe invites audience questions.

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