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Great Ages of Exploration and Discovery

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This video is from the MIT150 Symposium "Earth, Air, Ocean and Space: The Future of Exploration," April 26-27 2011, on MIT TechTV and is not provided under our Creative Commons license.

This panel discussion provides an historical perspective of exploration and discovery with leading authors.

Welcome

  • David A. Mindell - Chair of the MIT150 Steering Committee; Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems; Head, MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society

Speakers

  • Stephen J. Pyne - Regents' Professor, Arizona State University [start @ 2:15]
  • Rosalind H. Williams - Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology, MIT [start @ 21:30]
  • David A. Mindell - Chair of the MIT150 Steering Committee; Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing; Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems; Head, MIT Program in Science, Technology, and Society [start @ 44:40]