Classical Mechanics
About Course
A foundational physics course taught by Walter Lewin, covering kinematics, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, rotational motion, and fluid mechanics with engaging demonstrations.
Course Content
Classical Mechanics
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8.01x – Introduction
03:20 -
8.01x – Lect 1 – Powers of 10, Units, Dimensions, Uncertainties, Scaling Arguments
38:01 -
8.01x – Lect 2 – 1D Kinematics – Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
50:42 -
8.01x – Lect 3 – Vectors – Dot Products – Cross Products – 3D Kinematics
49:33 -
8.01x – Lect 4 – 3D Kinematics, Free Falling Reference Frames
52:03 -
8.01x – Lect 5 – Circular Motion, Centripetal Forces, Perceived Gravity
50:51 -
8.01x – Lect 6 – Newton’s Laws
49:15 -
8.01x – Lect 7 – Weight, Weightlessness in Free Fall, Weight in Orbit
50:04 -
8.01x – Lect 8 – Friction
47:57 -
8.01x – Lect 9 – First Exam Review
49:15 -
8.01x – Lect 10 – Hooke’s Law, Springs, Pendulums, Simple Harmonic Motion
47:41 -
8.01x – Lect 11 – Work, Kinetic & Potential Energy, Gravitation, Conservative Forces
49:06 -
8.01x – Lect 12 – Air Drag, Resistive Forces, Conservative Forces, Terminal Velocity
49:42 -
8.01x – Lect 13 – Potential Energy, Derive Simple Harmonic Motion using Energy
51:30 -
8.01x – Lect 14 – Escape Velocities, Circular Orbits, Bound and Unbound Orbits, Power
48:54 -
8.01x – Lect 15 – Momentum, Conservation of Momentum, Center of Mass
52:17 -
8.01x – Lect 16 – Elastic & Inelastic Collisions, Center of Mass Frame of Reference
48:34 -
8.01x – Lect 17 – Impulse, Rockets
48:39 -
8.01x – Lect 18 – 2nd Exam Review
49:55 -
8.01x – Lect 19 – Rotating Objects, Moment of Inertia, Rotational KE, Neutron Stars
41:00 -
8.01x – Lect 20 – Angular Momentum, Torques, Conservation of Angular Momentum
51:15 -
8.01x – Lect 21 – Torques, Oscillating Bodies, Physical Pendulums
47:50 -
8.01x – Lect 22 – Kepler’s Laws, Elliptical Orbits, Satellites, Orbital Changes
49:09 -
8.01x – Lect 23 – Doppler Effect, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars & Black Holes
49:59 -
8.01x – Lect 24 – Rolling Motion, Gyroscopes, VERY NON-INTUITIVE
49:13 -
8.01x – Lect 25 – Static Equilibrium, Stability, Rope Warker
48:14 -
8.01x – Lect 26 – Elasticity, Young’s Modulus
50:11 -
8.01x – Lect 27 – Fluid Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pascal’s Principle, Atmosph. Pressure
49:48 -
8.01x – Lect 28 – Hydrostatics, Archimedes’ Principle, Bernoulli’s Equation
48:21 -
8.01x – Lect 29 – Third Exam Review
49:01 -
8.01x – Lect 30 – Simple Harmonic Motion, Energy Considerations, Torsional Pendulum
49:30 -
8.01x – Lect 31 – Forced Oscillations, Normal Modes, Resonances, Musical Instruments
48:07 -
8.01x – Lect 32 – Heat, Thermal Expansion
49:03 -
8.01x – Lect 33 – Kinetic Gas Theory, Ideal Gas Law, Phase Transitions
52:51 -
8.01x – Lect 34 – The Wonderful Quantum World, Breakdown of Classical Mechanics
46:44 -
8.01x – Lect 35 – Farewell Special, My Early Days in Astrophysics, Huge Balloons
43:17 -
When a physics teacher knows his stuff !!
03:19 -
KBTFÇG | Prof. Walter Lewin – Heisenberg Belirsizlik İlkesi
48:16 -
Fizik ders 28 ***Hidrostatik, Archimedes Prensibi ve Akışkanlar Dinamiği,kaldırmak kuvveti ****
48:23 -
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics in Under 20 Minutes: Physics Mini Lesson
18:32
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