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!

Lab 8 Mar 2007 / Ch. 22 notes

We will have a short lab today, roughly half the time of the previous lab or a bit less.

The procedure.

Also, the chapter 22 notes are fairly well completed right now, and available in the usual place. You will also find some extra pictures and figures that I will use in class today. (Warning, 5Mb PDF file.)

FYI: I am not holding you responsible for the section on Huygen's principle.

Preliminary Ch. 21/22 notes

UPDATE: the Ch. 22 file was not uploaded properly, so there is only 1 page there. Look for the more complete notes this evening.

Rough notes covering the end of Ch. 21 and the beginning of Ch. 22 are now online.

The Ch. 21 notes covers only EM radiation, the ac circuits part is not finished yet. The Ch. 22 notes do not extend to the end of the chapter yet.

Over spring break, all notes will be brought up to date (in time for Exam II).

As usual, the notes are here.

Lab Procedure 6 Mar 2007

Today's lab is on reflection and refraction. The procedure is here.