Thursday, March 8, 2007

MIT Video lectures

MIT has put many of its intro physics lectures online, including a huge number from one of my all-time favorite lecturers, Prof. Walter Lewin. His lectures are famous at MIT, and were even on the campus cable TV for many years.

Probably of all the courses I have taken or sat in on, Prof. Lewin's are the best in terms of lucid explanations and fantastic demos. The math level is higher in many cases than what we use, but math is not crucial to most of his explanations

Prof. Lewin's course on electricity and magnetism (including optics)

Prof. Lewin's course on waves and vibrations (also including optics).

If you feel like there is something you're not getting so far, Prof. Lewin usually has a brilliantly clear explanation, well worth the time to check out. I have watched many of them in the last few days, and learned quite a few things myself!

All his lectures are available as RealPlayer video files, for free.

Many other resources are available through MIT's OpenCourseWare as well, from video lectures to course notes, perhaps you can find useful info for other courses as well.

And, have a good spring break!

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