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Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism (Spring 2002, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor Walter Lewin.
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This course includes
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999 years, 10 months
Units & Quizzes
36
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In addition to the basic concepts of electromagnetism, a vast variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Lightning, Pacemakers, Electric Shock Treatment, Electrocardiograms, Metal Detectors, Musical Instruments, Magnetic Levitation, Bullet Trains, Electric Motors, Radios, TV, Car Coils, Superconductivity, Aurora Borealis, Rainbows, Radio Telescopes, Interferometers, Particle Accelerators (a.k.a. Atom Smashers or Colliders), Mass Spectrometers, Red Sunsets, Blue Skies, Haloes around Sun and Moon, Color Perception, Doppler Effect, Big-Bang Cosmology.
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – Electric Charges and Forces – Coulomb’s Law – Polarization Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Electric Field Lines, Superposition, Inductive Charging, Induced Dipoles Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Electrostatic Potential and Electric Energy Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – E= – grad V, Conductors, Electrostatic Shielding (Faraday Cage) Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – High-Voltage Breakdown and Lightning Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Capacitance, Electric Field Energy Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Polarization, Dielectrics, Van de Graaff Generator, Capacitors Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Electric Currents, Resistivity, Conductivity, Ohm’s Law Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Batteries and EMF Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Magnetic Field and Lorentz Force Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – Review Exam 1 Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – Moving Charges in B-fields, Cyclotrons, Mass Spectrometers Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – Biot-Savart Law Unlimited
- Lecture 15 – Ampere’s Law, Solenoids Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – Electromagnetic Induction Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – Motional EMF and Dynamos Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – Displacement Current and Synchronous Motors Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – Magnetic Levitation, Superconductivity, Aurora Borealis Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – Inductance, RL Circuits, Magnetic Field Energy Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – Magnetic Materials, Dia- Para- & Ferromagnetism Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – Hysteresis, Electromagnets, Maxwell’s Equations Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – Review for Exam 2 Unlimited
- Lecture 24 – Transformers, Car Coils and RC Circuits Unlimited
- Lecture 25 – Driven LRC Circuits and Resonance Unlimited
- Lecture 26 – Traveling Waves and Standing Waves Unlimited
- Lecture 27 – Destructive Resonance, Electromagnetic Waves, Speed of Light Unlimited
- Lecture 28 – Poynting Vector, Oscillating Charges, Polarization, Radiation Pressure Unlimited
- Lecture 29 – Snell’s Law, Index of Refraction, Huygens’ Principle, Illusion of Color Unlimited
- Lecture 30 – Polarizers and Malus’s Law Unlimited
- Lecture 31 – Rainbows Unlimited
- Lecture 32 – Review for Exam 3 Unlimited
- Lecture 33 – Double-Slit Interference and Interferometers Unlimited
- Lecture 34 – Diffraction, Gratings, Resolving Power, Angular Resolution Unlimited
- Lecture 35 – Doppler Effect and The Big Bang Unlimited
- Lecture 36 – Farewell Special Unlimited
