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Physics I: Classical Mechanics (Fall 1999, MIT OCW). This consists of 35 video lectures given by Professor Walter Lewin, dealing with Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory.

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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 the intriguing Quantum World.

Course content

  • Lecture 01 – Powers of 10, Units, Dimensions, Uncertainties, Scaling Arguments Unlimited
  • Lecture 02 – 1D Kinematics – Speed, Velocity, Acceleration Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Vectors: Dot Products, Cross Products Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – The Motion of Projectiles (3D Kinematics, Free Falling Reference Frames) Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – Circular Motion, Centripetal Forces, Perceived Gravity Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – Newton’s Laws Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – Weight, Weightlessness in Free Fall, Weight in Orbit Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Frictional Forces Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – Review of Lectures 1 through 5 Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Hooke’s Law, Simple Harmonic Oscillator Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – Work, Energy, and Universal Gravitation Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – Air Drag, Resistive Forces, Conservative Forces, Terminal Velocity Unlimited
  • Lecture 13 – Equation of Motion for Simple Harmonic Oscillators Unlimited
  • Lecture 14 – Orbits and Escape Velocity Unlimited
  • Lecture 15 – Momentum, Conservation of Momentum, Center of Mass Unlimited
  • Lecture 16 – Elastic and Inelastic Collisions Unlimited
  • Lecture 17 – Momentum of Individual Objects, Rocket Equation Unlimited
  • Lecture 18 – Review of Lectures 6 through 15 Unlimited
  • Lecture 19 – Rotating Rigid Bodies, Inertia, and Axis Theorems Unlimited
  • Lecture 20 – Angular Momentum, Torques, Conservation of Angular Momentum Unlimited
  • Lecture 21 – Torques, Oscillating Bodies, Physical Pendulums Unlimited
  • Lecture 22 – Kepler’s Laws, Elliptical Orbits, and Change of Orbits Unlimited
  • Lecture 23 – Doppler Effect, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars and Black Holes Unlimited
  • Lecture 24 – Rolling Motion, Gyroscopes Unlimited
  • Lecture 25 – Static Equilibrium, Stability, Rope Walker Unlimited
  • Lecture 26 – Elasticity and Young’s Modulus Unlimited
  • Lecture 27 – Fluid Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pascal’s Principle, Atmospheric Pressure Unlimited
  • Lecture 28 – Hydrostatics, Archimedes’ Principle, and Bernoulli’s Equation Unlimited
  • Lecture 29 – Review of Lectures 16 through 24 Unlimited
  • Lecture 30 – Simple Harmonic Oscillations of Suspended Solid Bodies Unlimited
  • Lecture 31 – Forced Oscillations, Normal Modes, Resonances, Musical Instruments Unlimited
  • Lecture 32 – Heat, Thermal Expansion Unlimited
  • Lecture 33 – Kinetic Gas Theory, Ideal Gas Law, Phase Transitions Unlimited
  • Lecture 34 – The Wonderful Quantum World, Breakdown of Classical Mechanics Unlimited
  • Lecture 35 – Farewell Special – High-energy Astrophysics Unlimited

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