MIT: Physics I (Classical Mechanics)

January 21, 2013


This course on the fundamentals of classical physics comes from one of the best universities — MIT. Prof. The course features lecture notes, problem sets with solutions, exams with solutions, links to related resources and a complete set of videotaped lectures. The 35 video lectures by Professor Lewin, were recorded on the MIT campus during the Fall of 1999.

Prof. Lewin is well-known at MIT and beyond for his dynamic and engaging lecture style, which, I am sure you will notice. To find more lecture notes, study materials, and more courses at head here.

Here is an introductory video:

Full lecture list:

Lecture 1Units, Dimensions, and Scaling Arguments
Lecture 2Introduction to Kinematics
Lecture 3Vectors
Lecture 4The Motion of Projectiles
Lecture 5Uniform Circular Motion
Lecture 6Newton’s First, Second, and Third Laws
Lecture 7Weight, Perceived Gravity, and Weightlessnes
Lecture 8Frictional Forces
Lecture 9Review of Lectures 1 through 5
Lecture 10Hooke’s Law, Simple Harmonic Oscillator
Lecture 11Work, Energy, and Universal Gravitation
Lecture 12Resistive Forces
Lecture 13Equation of Motion for Simple Harmonic Oscillators
Lecture 14Orbits and Escape Velocity
Lecture 15 Momentum and its Conservation
Lecture 16Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Lecture 17Momentum of Individual Objects
Lecture 18Review of Lectures 6 through 15
Lecture 19Rotating Rigid Bodies, Inertia, and Axis Theorems
Lecture 20Angular Momentum
Lecture 21Torque
Lecture 22Kepler’s Laws, Elliptical Orbits, and Change of Orbits
Lecture 23Doppler Effect, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars and Black Holes
Lecture 24Rolling Motion, Gyroscopes
Lecture 25Static Equilibrium, Stability, Rope Walker
Lecture 26Elasticity and Young’s Modulus
Lecture 27Gases and Incompressible Liquids
Lecture 28Hydrostatics, Archimedes’ Principle, and Fluid Dynamics
Lecture 29Review of Lectures 16 through 24
Lecture 30Simple Harmonic Oscillations of Suspended Solid Bodies
Lecture 31Pendulums and Springs
Lecture 32Thermal Expansion
Lecture 33Ideal-Gas Law
Lecture 34Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Lecture 35Professor Lewin’s Early days at MIT
Bonus lectureFor The Love of Physics

Exams and exercises can be found here.

 

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