Walter Lewin Professor, Department of Physics MIT

Walter Lewin

Professor, Department of Physics
MIT

Courses

  1. Physics I: Classical Mechanics Course

    Physics I: Classical Mechanics

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    Walter Lewin
  2. Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism Course

    Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism

    MIT / Pre-Med
    Walter Lewin
  3. Physics III: Vibrations and Waves Course

    Physics III: Vibrations and Waves

    MIT / Pre-Med
    Walter Lewin

Lectures

  1. Measurements of Space and Time Lecture
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    Measurements of Space and Time

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    Walter Lewin
  2. 1-Dimensional Kinematics, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Lecture
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    1-Dimensional Kinematics, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration

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    Walter Lewin
  3. Vectors, Dot Products, Cross Products, 3D Kinematics Lecture
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    Vectors, Dot Products, Cross Products, 3D Kinematics

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    Walter Lewin
  4. 3-D Kinematics, The Motion of Projectiles Lecture
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    3-D Kinematics, The Motion of Projectiles

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    Walter Lewin
  5. Circular Motion, Centrifuges, Moving Reference Frames Lecture
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    Circular Motion, Centrifuges, Moving Reference Frames

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  6. Newton's Three Laws Lecture
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    Newton's Three Laws

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  7. Weight and Weightlessness Lecture
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    Weight and Weightlessness

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  8. Friction Lecture
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    Friction

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  9. Exam-I Review Lecture
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    Exam-I Review

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  10. Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion Lecture
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    Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion

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  11. Work and Mechanical Energy Lecture
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    Work and Mechanical Energy

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  12. Resistive Forces Lecture
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    Resistive Forces

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  13. Conservative Forces and SHO Lecture
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    Conservative Forces and SHO

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  14. Satellite Orbits - Energy - Power Lecture
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    Satellite Orbits - Energy - Power

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  15. Collisions and the Center of Mass Lecture
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    Collisions and the Center of Mass

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    Walter Lewin
  16. Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Lecture
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    Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

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    Walter Lewin
  17. Change of Momentum, Impulse, Rockets Lecture
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    Change of Momentum, Impulse, Rockets

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  18. Exam Review II Lecture
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    Exam Review II

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  19. Rotational Kinetic Energy Lecture
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    Rotational Kinetic Energy

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    Walter Lewin
  20. Angular Momentum Lecture
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    Angular Momentum

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  21. Torques, Oscillating Bodies Lecture
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    Torques, Oscillating Bodies

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    Walter Lewin
  22. Elliptical Orbits Lecture
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    Elliptical Orbits

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    Walter Lewin
  23. Doppler Shift and Stellar Dynamics Lecture
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    Doppler Shift and Stellar Dynamics

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    Walter Lewin
  24. Rate of Change of Angular Momentum Lecture
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    Rate of Change of Angular Momentum

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    Walter Lewin
  25. Static Equilibrium Lecture
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    Static Equilibrium

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  26. Elasticity of Materials Lecture
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    Elasticity of Materials

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    Walter Lewin
  27. Pressure in a Static Fluid Lecture
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    Pressure in a Static Fluid

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    Walter Lewin
  28. Buoyant Force and Bernoulli's Equation Lecture
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    Buoyant Force and Bernoulli's Equation

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    Walter Lewin
  29. Exam Review Lecture
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    Exam Review

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  30. Other Oscillating Systems Lecture
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    Other Oscillating Systems

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  31. Forced Oscillations and Resonance Lecture
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    Forced Oscillations and Resonance

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    Walter Lewin
  32. Heat, Conductivity and Thermal Expansion Lecture
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    Heat, Conductivity and Thermal Expansion

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    Walter Lewin
  33. Ideal-Gas Law and Phase Transitions, Isothermal Atmosphere Lecture
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    Ideal-Gas Law and Phase Transitions, Isothermal Atmosphere

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    Walter Lewin
  34. The Wonderful Quantum World Lecture
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    The Wonderful Quantum World

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    Walter Lewin
  35. X-ray Astronomy and Astrophysics Lecture
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    X-ray Astronomy and Astrophysics

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    Walter Lewin
  36. Periodic Phenomena Lecture
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    Periodic Phenomena

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  37. Beats- Damped Free Oscillations Lecture
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    Beats- Damped Free Oscillations

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  38. Forced Oscillations with Damping Lecture
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    Forced Oscillations with Damping

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  39. Forced Oscillation, Power at Resonance, and Transient Phenomena Lecture
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    Forced Oscillation, Power at Resonance, and Transient Phenomena

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  40. Coupled Oscillators Lecture
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    Coupled Oscillators

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  41. Driven Coupled Oscillators and Cramer's Rule Lecture
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    Driven Coupled Oscillators and Cramer's Rule

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    Walter Lewin
  42. Coupled Oscillators, Wave Equation, and Transverse Traveling Pulses and Waves Lecture
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    Coupled Oscillators, Wave Equation, and Transverse Traveling Pulses and Waves

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    Walter Lewin
  43. Traveling Waves, Boundary Conditions, Sound Waves, and Energy in Waves Lecture
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    Traveling Waves, Boundary Conditions, Sound Waves, and Energy in Waves

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    Walter Lewin
  44. Musical Instruments, Sound Cavities, and Normal Modes Lecture
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    Musical Instruments, Sound Cavities, and Normal Modes

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    Walter Lewin
  45. Exam 1 Review Lecture
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    Exam 1 Review

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  46. Fourier Analysis, Time Evolution of Pulses on Strings Lecture
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    Fourier Analysis, Time Evolution of Pulses on Strings

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  47. Dispersion, Phase Velocity, and Group Velocity Lecture
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    Dispersion, Phase Velocity, and Group Velocity

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    Walter Lewin
  48. Electromagnetic Waves, Plane Wave Solutions to Maxwell's Equations, and Polarization Lecture
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    Electromagnetic Waves, Plane Wave Solutions to Maxwell's Equations, and Polarization

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    Walter Lewin
  49. Accelerated Charges, Poynting Vector, and Power Lecture
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    Accelerated Charges, Poynting Vector, and Power

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    Walter Lewin
  50. Doppler Effect, Sound, EM Radiation, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes Lecture
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    Doppler Effect, Sound, EM Radiation, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes

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  51. Boundary Conditions at Perfect Conductors, Reflection, and Standing EM Waves Lecture
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    Boundary Conditions at Perfect Conductors, Reflection, and Standing EM Waves

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  52. Wave Guides: Radiation and Sound Lecture
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    Wave Guides: Radiation and Sound

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  53. Boundary Conditions for Dielectrics, Index of Refraction, Snell's Law, and Total Internal Reflection Lecture
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    Boundary Conditions for Dielectrics, Index of Refraction, Snell's Law, and Total Internal Reflection

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  54. Exam 2 Review Lecture
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    Exam 2 Review

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  55. Huygens' Principle, Interference, and Thin Films Lecture
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    Huygens' Principle, Interference, and Thin Films

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  56. Diffraction, Grating, Pin Holes, and Angular Resolution Lecture
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    Diffraction, Grating, Pin Holes, and Angular Resolution

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  57. Rainbows, Haloes, Coronae, and Glories Lecture
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    Rainbows, Haloes, Coronae, and Glories

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  58. Farewell Special Lecture
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    Farewell Special

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  59. Electric Charges, Polarization, and Electric Force Lecture
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    Electric Charges, Polarization, and Electric Force

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  60. Electric Fields, Field Lines, Superposition, Inductive Charges, and Dipoles Lecture
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    Electric Fields, Field Lines, Superposition, Inductive Charges, and Dipoles

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  61. Electric Flux and Gauss's Law Lecture
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    Electric Flux and Gauss's Law

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  62. Electrostatic Potential, Electrical Energy, and Equipotential Surfaces Lecture
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    Electrostatic Potential, Electrical Energy, and Equipotential Surfaces

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  63. Equipotential Surfaces, Conductors, and Electrostatic Shielding Lecture
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    Equipotential Surfaces, Conductors, and Electrostatic Shielding

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  64. High-Voltage Breakdown, Lightning, and Sparks Lecture
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    High-Voltage Breakdown, Lightning, and Sparks

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  65. Capacitance and Field Energy Lecture
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    Capacitance and Field Energy

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    Walter Lewin
  66. Polarization, Dielectrics, and Capacitors Lecture
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    Polarization, Dielectrics, and Capacitors

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  67. Currents, Resisitivity, and Ohm's Law Lecture
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    Currents, Resisitivity, and Ohm's Law

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  68. Batteries, EMF, Energy Conservation, Kirchoff's Rules, Circuits, and Power Lecture
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    Batteries, EMF, Energy Conservation, Kirchoff's Rules, Circuits, and Power

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  69. Magnetic Fields, Lorentz Force, Torques, Electric Motors (DC), and Oscilloscope Lecture
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    Magnetic Fields, Lorentz Force, Torques, Electric Motors (DC), and Oscilloscope

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  70. Review Exam 1 Lecture
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    Review Exam 1

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  71. Moving Charges in B-fields, Cyclotron, Synchrotron, and Mass Spectrometer Lecture
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    Moving Charges in B-fields, Cyclotron, Synchrotron, and Mass Spectrometer

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  72. Biot-Savart Law, Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields, and High Voltage Power Lines Lecture
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    Biot-Savart Law, Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields, and High Voltage Power Lines

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    Walter Lewin
  73. Ampere's Law and Solenoids Lecture
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    Ampere's Law and Solenoids

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  74. Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Law, and Non-conservative Fields Lecture
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    Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Law, and Non-conservative Fields

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  75. Motional EMF, Eddy Currents, and Magnetic Braking Lecture
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    Motional EMF, Eddy Currents, and Magnetic Braking

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  76. Diplacement Current, Synchronous Motors, and Induction Motors Lecture
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    Diplacement Current, Synchronous Motors, and Induction Motors

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  77. Electric Shock Treatment, Pacemakers, Electroardiograms, and Superconductivity Lecture
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    Electric Shock Treatment, Pacemakers, Electroardiograms, and Superconductivity

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  78. RL Cirucits, Inductance, and Magnetic Field Energy Lecture
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    RL Cirucits, Inductance, and Magnetic Field Energy

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  79. Magnetic Materials, Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetism Lecture
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    Magnetic Materials, Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetism

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  80. Hysteresis, Electromagnets, and Maxwell's Equations Lecture
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    Hysteresis, Electromagnets, and Maxwell's Equations

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  81. Review Exam 2 Lecture
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    Review Exam 2

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  82. Transformers and RC Circuits Lecture
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    Transformers and RC Circuits

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  83. Driven LRC Circuits and Metal Detectors Lecture
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    Driven LRC Circuits and Metal Detectors

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  84. Traveling Waves and Standing Waves (Musical Instruments) Lecture
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    Traveling Waves and Standing Waves (Musical Instruments)

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    Walter Lewin
  85. Elecromagnetic Waves (Radio), the Speed of Light, Resonance, and Distance Determination using Lasers Lecture
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    Elecromagnetic Waves (Radio), the Speed of Light, Resonance, and Distance Determination using Lasers

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  86. Index of Refraction, Poynting Vector, Oscillating Charges, and Polarization Lecture
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    Index of Refraction, Poynting Vector, Oscillating Charges, and Polarization

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  87. Refraction and Dispersion Lecture
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    Refraction and Dispersion

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  88. Polarizers, Malus's Law, Brewster Angle, and Polarization by Relection/Scattering Lecture
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    Polarizers, Malus's Law, Brewster Angle, and Polarization by Relection/Scattering

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  89. Rainbows Lecture
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    Rainbows

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  90. Review Exam 3 Lecture
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    Review Exam 3

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  91. Double Slit Interference and Interferometers Lecture
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    Double Slit Interference and Interferometers

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  92. Human Eye and Telescopes: Gratings, Resolving Power, Single-Slit Diffraction, Angular Resolution Lecture
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    Human Eye and Telescopes: Gratings, Resolving Power, Single-Slit Diffraction, Angular Resolution

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  93. Doppler Effect and the Big Bang Cosmology Lecture
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    Doppler Effect and the Big Bang Cosmology

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    Walter Lewin
  94. Farewell Special Lecture
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    Farewell Special

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    Walter Lewin

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