MIT 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics - Fall 1999

MIT 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics - Fall 1999

author: Walter H. G. Lewin, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Description

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

Flash videos have captions.

Categories

Top: Physics: Mechanics
Top: Physics

 

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Comment1 Eang Seang Hor, February 1, 2009 at 10:15 a.m.:

Dear Sir
He teach very good. I am really interested with his teaching.
I hope that I can see the other subject of his teaching in physics. I really suprive that I can improve my physics through out of the Internet.
Thank you so much!

Seang Hor


Comment2 R Dixit, February 21, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.:

Hon'ble Professor is doing great job.he is spreading knowledge though the very best medium internet.It is very useful and interesting to views these lecture.It is my firm believe that some courses which are assumed to be tough for understanding perspective , would benefit thousands and millions of students in coming days to learn the concepts.It will also popularize physics among students in some countries where there is no good infrastructure and proper faculty.
The Pedagogy of 'Young Professor' is amazing and quite inspirational for others Gurus to have such energy level.
Last but not least, this initiative is definitely giving the right direction of learning though Internet.

Thanks And Best Wishes
R Dixit


Comment3 asif, February 23, 2009 at 5:46 p.m.:

sir lectures are very good iam iit profesor in hyderabad india thank u please let me know that THE VIDEO LECTURES ARE AVAILABLE SEPARATELY.


Comment4 MUHAMMAD MOAZZAM ZUBAIR, February 25, 2009 at 6:14 p.m.:

Many feelings; 3 words: I am speechless....!

R&D Scholar, CEO & GM T&M COMPLEX OF ENTREPRENEURS, AN ENTRPRISE IN lAHORE, PAKISTAN, working with research interests in Science Education........


Comment5 Lior, March 11, 2009 at 11:56 p.m.:

"Making physics simple" should be the title of each video.

Apart from being crystal clear and easy to understand, he makes the videos dangerously intriguing.


Comment6 Tuhin Malik, March 30, 2009 at 5:09 p.m.:

This is a very usefull web site.

i am a student of Scottish Church College. kolkata. B.Sc Phyics Hons.


Comment7 KGK Murthy, April 3, 2009 at 2:25 p.m.:

It is very very interesting that PHYSICS can be taught this way. The confidence Lewin expresses in each topic is excellent and deserves highest regards. I appreciate the organisers of this opencourse ware a grand success and the students of the world a good time with the lectures


Comment8 Kuta, April 11, 2009 at 4:20 a.m.:

It is immensely interesting, I feel enlightened! Thank you Professor and MIT.


Comment9 YK Maheshwari, April 11, 2009 at 6:57 a.m.:

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.


Comment10 Giancarlo, April 13, 2009 at 3:58 p.m.:

Wow, the physics with you is so simple. I live in Italy and here there aren't professor so good.

Thank you.


Comment11 asif zaman, April 15, 2009 at 11:15 a.m.:

sir i m realy inspired the way sir Lewin is teaching physics. sir can i get a cd of these lectures.thanks.


Comment12 Dr.Yousefi, April 24, 2009 at 3:22 a.m.:

Just i can say its very nice and very good lecture.
He can teach very good physics concept.
Best Wishes for him
H.R.Yousefi


Comment13 dean schunk, April 29, 2009 at 7:23 p.m.:

these are the cooles viedos ever


Comment14 landon kistler, April 30, 2009 at 6:58 p.m.:

this are ids


Comment15 hephaestuschou, May 1, 2009 at 4:27 p.m.:

Very good


Comment16 Mundu Mustafa, June 12, 2009 at 5:59 p.m.:

Prof. has made me enjoy physics the more, thanx.


Comment17 Tuguldur, June 22, 2009 at 10:16 p.m.:

I always remember his adventure in X-ray Astronomy everytime when I think about neutron stars.


Comment18 sahar abdeen, June 30, 2009 at 10:29 a.m.:

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.


Comment19 zubair khan, July 9, 2009 at 12:59 p.m.:

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


Comment20 Simon Beaumont, July 23, 2009 at 10:50 p.m.:

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.


Comment21 rajeev, August 1, 2009 at 9:24 p.m.:

Wow. mesmerising lectures by Prof. He teaches with such a simplicity and beauty. the very fundamental laws of physics are
extended and explored. Thanks Professer!!..kind regards


Comment22 Shashank S. Jha, August 23, 2009 at 6:40 p.m.:

Wow....excellent lecture....
I can now able to understand the things conceptually with the help of the lectures....


Comment23 Alessandro Abbati, September 29, 2009 at 8:59 a.m.:

Thank you so much for these videos, I am about to purchase the book to go along with these lectures so I can maximize my studies and learn all of this valuable information. I hope to someday be a student at MIT, and perhaps I will be in your class.


Comment24 JOON CHO, October 5, 2009 at 4:40 p.m.:

I will attend to MIT next year, so see ya there guys.

It was excellent lecture!!

Thank you so much !!


Comment25 ARMANDO TOMAS, November 27, 2009 at 4:47 a.m.:

Very impressive...I hope I can meet him (professor) in person and listen to his lectures in person if possible...


Comment26 SAAHIL, November 30, 2009 at 5:53 p.m.:

Can any body tell me that either it is undergraduate physics or A-level physics that MIT has launched..??? Please tell me .. i will be very thankful all of u if u will tell me about this..???


Comment27 Manish, December 7, 2009 at 7:58 a.m.:

I'TS OBVIOUSLY UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS.CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE NAME OF THE BOOK YOU PPL ARE REFERRING. HERE


Comment28 Kehila Yehuda Salcedo, January 4, 2010 at 1:42 p.m.:

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!


Comment29 yilo, January 6, 2010 at 2:25 p.m.:

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


Comment30 Dione, January 8, 2010 at 1:37 p.m.:

I am a student of brazil.Very good all the material of lecture.


Comment31 Zhou WJ, January 25, 2010 at 11:31 a.m.:

Very good all the material of lecture.I like the professor.

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