MIT 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics - Fall 1999
author: Walter H. G. Lewin, Center for Future Civic Media
released under terms of: CC BY-NC-SA
8.01 is a first-semester freshman physics class in Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory. In addition to the basic concepts of Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory, a variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Resonance Phenomena, Musical Instruments, Stellar Collapse, Supernovae, Astronomical observations from very high flying balloons (lecture 35), and you will be allowed a peek into the intriguing Quantum World.
Course Highlights
This course features lecture notes, problem sets with solutions, exams with solutions, links to related resources, and a complete set of videotaped lectures. The 35 video lectures by Professor Lewin, were recorded on the MIT campus during the Fall of 1999. Prof. Lewin is well-known at MIT and beyond for his dynamic and engaging lecture style.
Course Homepage: 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics Fall 1999
Course features at MIT OpenCourseWare page:
Complete MIT OCW video collection at MIT OpenCourseWare - VideoLectures.NET
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It is immensely interesting, I feel enlightened! Thank you Professor and MIT.
Prof Walter Lewin has set a benchmark in physics teaching.
His concept explainations, drawing meticulously on the board, taking thru question and answers, sometimes when experiment fails- explaining so that what ever he does can be emulated by people.
Everything is so live in the classroom. At the same time the best professor of MIT can be seen in remote corner of the world without any travel.
Remarkable feat by all means.
Wow, the physics with you is so simple. I live in Italy and here there aren't professor so good.
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Prof. has made me enjoy physics the more, thanx.
I always remember his adventure in X-ray Astronomy everytime when I think about neutron stars.
Inspite of the lecture subject seems primerly, but i understood it by differnent way, i felt that i am understanding it for the first time!!!
Thank you very much Mr.Lewin.
the great professor in the world i think in physics because he teach the and then explain it in a very formal way to get help from experimental point ofview and this is the thing which is very benefical for those student who are in high school and when he will get knowledge from it so may be they will be the great scientist of the world because the physics is the subject in which we observe thing and to struggle to create it if they will watch these type of experiment which clear the concept behind the obervation
Brilliant! - having been captivated by the first lecture I enjoyed the entire course: never was mechanics more visceral, accessible and important. The first and last lectures are an inspiration for anyone. The course is the ground floor in any physics education. Sincere congratulations to Walter Lewin: his sincerity and passion as a teacher and the love of his subject are palpable even across the internet. What a privilege to join this class at MIT. Many thanks to all concerned for sharing this with the world.
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extended and explored. Thanks Professer!!..kind regards
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I will attend to MIT next year, so see ya there guys.
It was excellent lecture!!
Thank you so much !!
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Mi completo agradecimiento a usted profesor!
La verdad es que sus lecturas han cambiado TOTALMENTE la manera en la que apreciaba la física, soy una joven estudiante en México de 19 años! a la que el ver su trabajo, me ha impulsado a continuar con mi meta de ser una investigadora, ser como ud :) ... !!
Ahora, esta página y la de sus otros cursos forman parte de "mis favoritos" en el buscador!!
¡Gracias por compartir su trabajo!
His lecture are amazing and legendary.Thanks to him my understanding of physics increased enormously.I am a physic stundent of t he Johannes-gutenberg-university in Mainz.
Greeting from Germany
I am a student of brazil.Very good all the material of lecture.
Very good all the material of lecture.I like the professor.
Dear sir,
I would like to tell you that kinetic energy is not conserved during elastic collision , though initial and final kinetic energy is same. During impact some part of k.e. is converted into deformation p.e, therefore kinetic energy is conserved is not correct.
when a ball is dropped on a floor, after elastic collision, speed of ball is reversed not velocity of ball,velocity is vector u know very well.
cpsingh
I am an Electrical Engineer from India and after going through a few vedio lectures I feel so delighted on the commendable work done by Prof Walter. Really it is a new experience and Physics has become highly interesting. I shall go through all the lectures and try to pass on the knowledge to the younger generation of today.
Hats off to Prof. Walter
Mr. Lewin, you are great! Thank you!
I am a 2nd year Mechanical Engineering student in London and this videos are the ultimate help. All lecturers should learn by example from Prof Walter. The fact that he shows everything by real life example makes it even more intuitive.
it is amazing to make concepts visible to the learner and sir is doing wonderful work a his kindness is reflected in the view from the people. nice to see the tricks to transform the concept in practical manner. but i think that needs lot of innovation and freedom too. i would like to have help, if you give insight to implement at lower grades also, i will be very happy if you help in that and if such activities are going on there please provide those videos also on net.... thanking you..
for the first time in my life, i understood waves! hats off to sie Lewin. with greatest honors from my side, u r the best physics 'teacher' ever.
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I like the way he teach, i hope iam one of his studen. proof Lewin he is the best physics teacher
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Prof. Walter Lewin
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Dear Sir,
It was demonstration of excellence in teaching . Skill is the most appropriate word which you have personified. I showed your lecture on "spring and pendulum" to my son and he was fascinated. Best wishes
Brilliant! Amazing, as all lessons should be. If i would have had the opportunity of receiving lessons from motivating teachers like him i would have chosen to study physics before! Best wishes from Argentina, thanks so much for this opportunity!
fantastic,,,awesome...i cant even find a word on this earth to describe how good this professor is..im a mechanical engineer and i love this
I'm a student from China.Thanks a lot for your effort.I've learned a lot from the courses.Thank you.
I boost up with your lectures videos.
I started loving physics.
thank you for your ignition.
Special thanks to Mr. Lewin from Turkey.
He is one of the best teacher and best person I have ever seen. I really wish to see him and shake his hand.
These lectures are smilar to which I studied at my University. So I can make repetition of the lectures that I dealt with before, with the help of Mr. Lewin and MIT.
Respected sir,
I am in resonance of your teaching,the best thing of your teaching is the way of teaching.I gone through all lectures delivered on Mechanics.
In spite of my week english, i find the lectures of Pr Lewin very easy to understand. Althought, the use of laboratory materiel in these lectures help very well, Pr. Lewin is very good teacher.
Question: Is there any translate of the lectures transcript in french or arabic, and can we use them freely ...
Thanks dear PROFESSOR and also MIT for this opportunities ... Salam
material ver very good sir
i like your class its really wonderful
Prof Lewin you are a genius!! You make physics so easy to understand...Thanks very much Prof Lewin from Ecuador..
Dear profesor Lewin:
I have to say thanks for your precious and inspiring life and lectures.
Dear Gee
Your experiments make physic so attractive and yourtalking show is catch by a non english motherlanguage like me.
I would like to have a teacher like you
it was wonderful. really these videos stick physics in my brain lovely.i love physics now.only becouse of your videos
"I have learnt a lot from your lectures, I would like to thank Prof Lewin and MIT for their wonderful and noble contributions ".
Amit Kumar
Norway
I love listening with Mr. prof, i can understand the course well, it is that, Physics is really a difficult subject, concepts, laws and how they interact with our daily live is really hard to explain...It is a very clear easy explanation of laws and concepts based on real experiments... I wish that i will have ateacher as great as him...
Mr Lewin,
You Rock You are the best Physics Teachers Its awesome to get to know someone like You MIT ROCKS!!!
Respected Sir,
I m a big fan and lover of MIT.I like Sir Walter's way of teaching very much.I downloaded his lecture but the problem is in downloaded video there is no transcript...CAN anybody help me please.???
Respected Sir,
I m a big fan and lover of MIT.I like Sir Walter's way of teaching very much.I downloaded his lecture but the problem is in downloaded video there is no transcript...CAN anybody help me please.???
dear sir,
i'm very fortunate to get such nice lectures on the net. The students of mit are very fortunate to get such a good lecturer.Excellent way of explaining the concepts of physics. Thank u very much Mr.Walter
i thing sir,the mit students r very lucky as thery got u. And we r also feeeling lucky 2 get tihs study materials in website.Thank u.
great.
This century must be called the acknowledgement rebellion
great teacher
Me licencié en Fisica en 1960, y me doctoré en 1975. Mi amor por la Física no ha decaido, pero el encuentro con el Profesor Lewis ha supuesto un nuevo impulso para mí. No pasa un día sin que le oiga alguna lección.
Un solo reparo ¿ porqué no traducen los subtitulos al español?
sir, your service is good. u're giving all these study materials for free download, ur service for the extention of the free education is to be appriciated, prof. walter H Lewin teaching approach is very nice, i was able to understand many complicated things through his demonstrations, hope to see all his videos.
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