Here are links to some of Professor Lewin's online physics lectures.
Erik Jacobs for The New York Times
Prof. Walter H. G. Lewin, No. 1 on the most downloaded list at iTunes U for a while, with objects he uses for his physics lessons.
Posted on 12/19/2007 1:56:18 AM PST by neverdem
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at M.I.T. And he has now emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the institute created to spread knowledge through cyberspace.
Professor Lewin’s videotaped physics lectures, free online on the OpenCourseWare of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have won him devotees across the country and beyond who stuff his e-mail in-box with praise.
“Through your inspiring video lectures i have managed to see just how BEAUTIFUL Physics is, both astounding and simple,” a 17-year-old from India e-mailed recently.
Steve Boigon, 62, a florist from San Diego, wrote, “I walk with a new spring in my step and I look at life through physics-colored eyes.”
Professor Lewin delivers his lectures with the panache of Julia Child bringing French cooking to amateurs and the zany theatricality of YouTube’s greatest hits. He is part of a new generation of academic stars who hold forth in cyberspace on their college Web sites and even, without charge, on iTunes U, which went up in May on Apple’s iTunes Store.
In his lectures at ocw.mit.edu, Professor Lewin beats a student with cat fur to demonstrate electrostatics. Wearing shorts, sandals with socks and a pith helmet — nerd safari garb — he fires a cannon loaded with a golf ball at a stuffed monkey wearing a bulletproof vest to demonstrate the trajectories of objects in free fall.
He rides a fire-extinguisher-propelled tricycle across his classroom to show how a rocket lifts off.
He was No. 1 on the most downloaded list at iTunes U for a while, but that lineup constantly evolves. The stars this week included Hubert Dreyfus, a philosophy professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Leonard Susskind, a professor of quantum mechanics...
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Erik Jacobs for The New York Times
Prof. Walter H. G. Lewin, No. 1 on the most downloaded list at iTunes U for a while, with objects he uses for his physics lessons.
Here are links to some of Professor Lewin's online physics lectures.
I can't wait to show it to my husband who believes physics can be very interesting if it is presented well.
Yeah I loved the series. I downloaded the whole series from MIT. I earned a degree in physics (not at MIT) and I found Lewin’s style to be a refreshing change from the normal dour manner of physics teaching.
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thanks for posting this
Ping for later viewing - thanks for posting this.
I remember him from 36 years ago doing all the same stuff. He was great then, I’ll have to watch the vids, I’m sure he’s only gotten better.
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He sure has the physics professor dress code down pat! :)
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the Einstein hairdo is sort of a cliche’ though
Well, the Issac Newton do’ is too time consuming.
This is great, but I sure wish they wouldn’t use RealPlayer. That program is filled will all sorts of crap that I can never get off my system once installed. Annoying.
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the global classroom the institute created to spread knowledge through cyberspaceSeems like a good start for the elimination of public school buildings. :') Thanks ND.
Thank you!!!
Also check out the classic Julius Sumner Miller videos on YouTube. I used to see those late night on my local PBS station.
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