[Mitworld] New: Belcher and Nocera on Energy, Haldeman on Science Fiction

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 6 | Number 19 | January 24, 2007
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[THE ROLE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ECONOMY]

In this lively and intense discussion, Belcher looks to the oceans, and
Nocera to the sun for answers to an impending global energy shortage.

SPEAKERS:
Angela Belcher
Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and
Biological Engineering

Daniel Nocera
W. M. Keck Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/414/>

[QUOTE]
"What will be the oil of the future, my nirvana? The answer is
deceptively simple: water plus light."
-- Daniel Nocera


EVENT HOST: MIT Museum
<http://web.mit.edu/museum/

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[THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE FICTION]

Haldeman provides a sneak preview of an upcoming novel, whose story
plays out in MIT's past, present and distant future.

SPEAKER:
Joe Haldeman
Adjunct Professor of Writing, MIT


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/415/>

[QUOTE]
"Science fiction is like a flight simulator where you can try things
out without dying."
-- Joe Haldeman


EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum
<http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/>

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