[Mitworld] MIT World: Steven Pinker and James Utterback

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Hello Friends of MIT World
http://mitworld.mit.edu


We begin our third year of operation with 2 new videos:

The School of Science presents
Steven Pinker
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language.

In one of his final lectures at MIT, Pinker provides an overview of 
verbs and how we come to understand the regular and irregular use of 
them.  He also discusses how word use can change when a word becomes 
commercialized and used in a new context.  For those who wonder why 
they are called the Toronto Maple Leafs and not Leaves, Pinker will 
explain this and more!

This is the first of 6 lectures from
Fundamentals of the Brain and Mind: A Short Course in Neuroscience
  presented  in June by the School of Science, with the Department of 
Brain and Cognitive Sciences, the Picower Center for Learning and 
Memory, and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.

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  MIT Sloan School of Management presents
Professor James Utterback
Innovation: Are you Predator or are you Prey?
In this talk Utterback discusses how the emergence of a new 
technology does not necessarily mean the end of an old technology-- 
hear the details from an expert in technical innovation, and learn 
about ice harvesting too.

This is the first of 3 lectures from the Sloan Back to the Classroom 
series.  Watch for the others on MIT World soon.



MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional 
Education Programs and is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the 
Office of the Vice President for Research, the School of Architecture 
and Planning, the School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, 
Arts and Social Sciences, the Sloan School of Management, and the 
School of Science at MIT.

Operational support and funding for the new web site was provided by the
Lord Foundation of Massachusetts.
-- 
MIT World (http://mitworld.mit.edu) is a free, open streaming media 
web site of significant public events at MIT.  It features the most 
recent speakers and guests from across the campus and around the 
world.

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Project Manager
MIT World
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Cambridge, MA 02139-4307



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