The University of Iowa 26th Annual Presidential Lecture

From the Dawn of the Space Age to the Edge of the Solar System

Donald A. Gurnett
James A. Van Allen and Roy J. Carver Professor of Physics






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The musical prelude features Valsa Seresteira by Vicente Guerra and Brazileira by Darius Milhaud performed by Maurita Murphy Mead, clarinet, and Shari Rhoads, piano, of the University of Iowa School of Music. The introduction is given by UI President Sally Mason. The ASL interpreter is Amy P. Cook. Video editing is by Tom Beecher and Michael McBride for UITV.

Professor Gurnett presented this lecture on Sunday, February 15, 2009, at the Levitt Center for University Advancement on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City.

If you have difficulty with the Apple streaming video version above, try the Adobe Flash version.

A larger format version is available on YouTube.



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