Walter Lewin in Action
All of Walter Lewin’s 8.01, 8.02, and 8.03 lectures are available on MIT OpenCourseWare:
8.01: Classical Mechanics (Fall 1999)
8.02: Electricity and Magnetism (Spring 2002)
8.03: Vibrations and Waves (2004)
Watch a video of Walter Lewin drawing his famous chalk lines below.
Watch Lewin’s last MIT lecture here, including some of his most famous physics demonstrations. Lewin gave this lecture on May 16, 2011, to celebrate the publication of his book, For the Love of Physics.
See other videos featuring Walter Lewin on MITWorld here.
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