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by mamama 6361 days ago
"the professor covered multiple blackboards with mathematical formulas and explained the principles of Newtonian mechanics and electromagnetism."

Walter Lewin did a lot more than just that.

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As entertaining as his lectures were, it was still pretty easy to leave with barely any more knowledge than you had going in. Especially as the topics got more complex.

I had him for my Waves class, and kids found it to be incredibly hard (and to require lots of on-your-own learning) even while Lewin was jumping around the room and making cool things happen with light and sound.

Walter Lewin did a lot more than just that.

Please tell us more. I've never had the privilege of seeing Walter Lewin in action.

Professor Lewin has several classes available online through both MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) and the iTunes store.

OCW Link: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/Vide...