Walter Lewin: Bringing physics 'for the man on the street'
Walter Lewin: Bringing physics 'for the man on the street'
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Walter Lewin: Art through the Eyes of a Physicist
Walter Lewin: Looking at 20th Century Art through the Eyes of a Physicist
Physicist Walter Lewin shares his personal insights into major works of art from the first quarter of the 20th century.
Professor Walter Lewin on OpenCourseWare
Professor Walter Lewin on OpenCourseWare
Walter Lewin's videotaped physics lectures have won him fans around the world. See why The New York Times calls him a "web star" in this video which highlights his popular teaching style during 8.01, a first-semester freshman physics class.
Walter Lewin Video Promo
Walter Lewin Video Promo
Watch some of Walter Lewin's greatest moments. To see more, check out Professor Lewin's classes, Physics 8.01, 8.02, and 8.03 on MIT OpenCourseWare.
The Conservation of Angular Momentum with Professor Walter ...
BLOSSOMS - Ice Skater's Delight: The Conservation of Angular Momentum with ...
This learning video describes within an action orientation certain often difficult-to-understand concepts of Newtonian physics.
For the Love of Physics
Walter Lewin - For The Love of Physics
Professor of Physics Emeritus Walter Lewin performing his most famous physics demonstrations on the occasion of the publication of his new book, FOR THE LOVE OF PHYSICS: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge Of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders
35: Professor Lewin's Early days at MIT
35: Professor Lewin's Early days at MIT
Topics covered: Professor Lewin talks about some of the highlights from his early days at MIT. It began with balloon flights at very high altitude to make observations of the stars in X-rays. This led to discoveries of X-ray flaring events and a periodic X-ray source (GX 1+4). In the seventies ...
The Wonders of Electricity and Magnetism
The Wonders of Electricity and Magnetism
The inimitable Walter Lewin gives a literally hair-raising performance in this MIT Museum lecture/demonstration for learners young and old.
How to Make Teaching Come Alive
How to Make Teaching Come Alive
The Council on Primary and Secondary Education 2002 summer program hosted 70 pre-college teachers at MIT to attend MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin's inspired talk about physics.
The Birth and Death of Stars
The Birth and Death of Stars
We know that some stars exist because we can see them with our own eyes. In this lecture Walter Lewin provides illuminating evidence of stars we cannot see.
The Mystery of Light
The Mystery of Light
An alternate title for this talk might be "Walter's World of Waves."
Polarization: Light Waves, Rainbows, and Cheap Sunglasses
Polarization: Light Waves, Rainbows, and Cheap Sunglasses
01/26/2003 2:00 PM 26-100Walter Lewin, Professor of Physics; Description: In this lecture taped before a live audience of elementary and middle school students and their families, MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin explains polarization, and demonstrates properties of ...
The Sounds of Music
The Sounds of Music
09/28/2003 2:00 PM 6-120Walter Lewin, Professor of Physics; Description: Have you ever wondered about the annoying hum your car makes at a certain speed on a particular stretch of highway? Or why a flute's notes are higher than a trombone's? Walter Lewin uses rubber hose, wooden boxes with ...
15: Momentum and its Conservation
15: Momentum and its Conservation
Topics covered: Momentum and its conservation during collisions is introduced. Kinetic energy can decrease or increase during collisions. When kinetic energy is conserved, we call it an elastic collision. Instructor/speaker: Prof. Walter Lewin Date recorded: October 15, 1999
12: Resistive Forces
12: Resistive Forces
Topics covered: This lecture covers resistive forces such as air drag. It includes the viscous (linear in velocity) and pressure (quadratic in velocity) terms. Quantitative demonstrations with balloons and with ball bearings dropped in syrup are shown. Instructor/speaker: Prof. Walter Lewin ...
22: Kepler's Laws, Elliptical Orbits, and Change of Orbits
22: Kepler's Laws, Elliptical Orbits, and Change of Orbits
Topics covered: Kepler's Laws, Elliptical Orbits, Change of Orbits, and the famous passing of a Ham Sandwich. Kepler's three Laws summarize the motion of the planets in our solar system. Following Newton's law of universal gravitation, the conservation of angular ...
16: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
16: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Topics covered: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Instructor/speaker: Prof. Walter Lewin Date recorded: October 18, 1999
32: Thermal Expansion
32: Thermal Expansion
Topics covered: Heat raises the temperature, and usually the volume of the material that absorbs the heat. The linear and cubical thermal expansion coefficients of metals (including mercury) are described and demonstrated. Ice is discussed as a special case. Instructor/speaker: Prof. Walter ...
8: Frictional Forces
8: Frictional Forces
Topics covered: This lecture deals exclusively with frictional forces. Instructor/speaker: Prof. Walter Lewin Date recorded: September 24, 1999