Lunch with Laureates Series

Lectures curated around Nobel Laureates in a variety of disciplines including economics, chemistry, physics, literature, and the coveted peace prize.

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been honoring men and women from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and for work in peace. The foundations for the prize were laid in 1895 when Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the Nobel Prize.

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Susumu Tonegawa: Genetics and Antibody Diversity
Susumu Tonegawa
May 2, 2008
00:59:12
Susumu Tonegawa gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival.
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Black Writers: Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott
April 14, 2003
00:53:26
Poet Derek Walcott, author of Omeros (1990), Tiepolo's Hound (2000), and The Haitian Trilogy (2002), reads from his work.
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Black Writers: Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
April 21, 2003
01:19:19
Wole Soyinka reads from his book Samarkand & Other Markets I Have Known. In 1986, Soyinka became the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. In plays, novels, and poems, he has chronicled the political turmoil of his native Nigeria.
Nobel Laureates Honor Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
April 27, 2005
02:12:19
Toni Morrison and other Nobel Laureates read in honor of the 70th birthday of literary giant and human rights activist Wole Soyinka. Wole Soyinka, born near Ibadan, Nigeria, is world renowned for his numerous dramatic works, novels, essays, and poems.
Joseph Stiglitz: Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph E. Stiglitz
September 18, 2003
01:44:07
Hear Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize-winner and former senior vice president of the World Bank, critique the World Bank, globalism, and recent events, including the war with Iraq and the Middle East crisis.
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Combating Global Poverty
Paul Farmer
February 6, 2005
01:28:45
A panel discuss strategies to help eliminate the spread of disease and hunger in the developing world.
Early Universe and the Origin of Galaxies I
Frank Wilczek
September 21, 2005
01:22:38
Join us for the first in an eight-part lecture series that examines the "arrow of time" of cosmic evolution.
Early Universe and the Origin of Galaxies II
Frank Wilczek
September 21, 2005
01:02:28
Frank Wilczek and Colin Normane examine the "arrow of time" of cosmic evolution.
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Women of Peace: 2005 Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Kip Tiernan
October 24, 2005
01:16:59
Kip Tiernan and Betty Burkes, two Nobel Peace Prize-nominated women from New England, talk about women worldwide engaged in the cause of peace and human dignity. This year 1,000 women from more than 150 countries around the world were jointly nominated for the famous Nobel Peace Prize.
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Vietnam War and the Presidency: Inside the White House II
Henry Kissinger
March 11, 2006
00:51:34
Brian Williams leads former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig, President Kennedy's special counsel Theodore Sorensen, and President Johnson's special assistant Jack Valenti in a discussion about the Vietnam War.
Struggle for Freedom and Justice in South Africa
Desmond Tutu
October 30, 2007
01:29:03
Desmond Tutu, Margaret Marshall, and Richard Goldstone examine the long road toward freedom and justice in South Africa. Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. moderates.
Development of High Oxidation State Metathesis Catalysts
Richard Schrock
March 21, 2007
00:54:48
In chemistry, the term metathesis refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule a process that has been likened to da
Applications of High Oxidation State Metathesis Catalysts
Richard Schrock
March 22, 2007
01:10:16
In chemistry, the term metathesis refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule a process that has been likened to da
Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen
Richard Schrock
March 23, 2007
01:03:01
In chemistry, the term metathesis refers to a chemical reaction in which bonds between different atoms are broken and the atoms recombine to create a new molecule a process that has been likened to da
Jerome I. Friedman: Particles, Protons and Quarks
Jerome I. Friedman
May 1, 2008
01:04:25
Jerome I. Friedman gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival.