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  • funny, in our country we learn this stuff before we go to a univerity, or something similar. his explenation for the "free fall" could have been made more understandable.

  • I am very happy to see the vidoe 1D Kinematics Speed Velocity Acceleration after you give this

  • I Love The Video 1D Kinematics Speed Velocity Acceleration It Can Increase My Knowledge

  • Steady I Really Like This Video 1D Kinematics Speed Velocity Acceleration

  • I think he taught a great and easy to understand than my professor taught me so much.

  • làm thế nào để dow phụ đề về vậy! tớ dow vidio về mà không thây phụ đề

  • professor.. where professionals can't make real money so end up being a teacher

  • @Idontgiveashytt some people do actuallly enjoy teaching...

  • @Idontgiveashytt Lol well actually the scientific professors do research in their field as they teach. Teaching is sort of like a side-job for most of them. Your little philosophies are really pointless, and you can worry about the pussy, I will worry about gaining knowledge and you working under me:)

  • @Hippogriff9

    This should be basic everywhere but the Uni profs have to make sure that you know it because it is an important foundation that you need to have, as well it is a good way to weed out students.

    I don't know if you are in Uni yet, but for all of my courses (I am a honours physics student) the first half of the semester was complete review (with the exception of linear algebra)

  • @mufc4everch

    Okay. No, I'm not at uni yet. We have a very different system here, can't really be compared.

    But thanks for answering, it cleared up quite a bit, actually!

  • @Hippogriff9 No problem, anything to distract me from my upcoming physics final, damn procrastination :(

  • Really? This is a lecture at MIT? I'm learning this at 17, and this isn't even considered hard where I live.

  • @Hippogriff9 well its a first year course so some of them might be 17, I was when I took a first-year physics course

    It's the second lecture, of course it's not hard

  • @mufc4everch I'm from Europe, so I don't have any deep knowledge about the educational system in the States, but do you normally start college/uni when you're 17?

    Where I live, this is also very basic, but at a high school-ish level (different educational system over here). We learn this way before university (we don't have college either). There's no way you could get into a physics course at a university without knowing this stuff (and a lot more, of course).

  • @Hippogriff9 Well, I'm in canada but I believe the US is the same, you start at 18 or 17 depending on when your birthday is. Mine is late so I started at 17.

    .

  • @Hippogriff9 I am a physics major and I started university at 17, which is younger than most people but still very common. I learned this in my high school physics at age 15, and it was reviewed the first week of my first university physics class.

    From what I understand through speaking with European students, American universities are much less specialized by subject.

  • @shapniko good for you. now try to get your virgin ass some pussy

  • My head aches. damn physics, love it!

  • This guy draws perfect parabolas.. 

  • Here in the United States rich people receive a good education before college and middle class people receive a good education at some time in their life if they are lucky, exceptional or both. If you pay attention you may notice the professor, at the start of the lecture, addressing that some students will already be familiar with the material. The United States government doesn't want a well educated public, they want a well educated upper class. I hope that answers your question.

  • Covered all of this in high school/secondary school. What on earth goes on in US schools?!

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  • @jamiestewart48 ? I am doing this in my physics class in my high school. Infact we're doing forces now.

  • @jamiestewart48 this is the fucking second lesson in a freshman college class, do you expect them to jump right into quantum theories? stay in your country no one cares

  • @jamiestewart48

    @jamiestewart48

    U.S. students may take physics in high school if they wish - I did - most don't, however.

    Also, most who take physics in high school, take a "conceptual" non-calculus physics course, so would have to retake it in college if they want a science/engineering track.

  • In the Netherlands we call this highschool....

  • @matthijs122 in the netherlands we get high

  • I BET YOU A NICKEL !

    LOL

  • PLEASE SOMEONE HELP...

    1)Can object with a constant acceleration reverse its direction of travel??

    2)can it reverse it twice?

    PLEASE I NEED ANSWER TODAY....

    ıf any one see this comment help me....

  • @Elzelgator Yes,only the velocity is affected when reversing the direction of travel of an object. Acceleration can be constant throughout the process.

  • @h1451 if you want to make accelaration constant it have to be a

    circular motion..

  • it would be so hard to take notes in this class due to his speed of speech, but he does explain it fairly well

  • great lecture

  • Stereotypical Russian/German Physicist xD

  • I BET YOU A NICKEL!!!

  • 22 ppl failed this class

  • @DarkSilver19

    Are you sure ?

  • @DarkSilver19

    Are you sure ? If it is true then it is really shocking.

  • @DarkSilver19

    Are you sure ? If it is true then it is really shocking.His lectures are considered among best and there is no doubt about his teaching ability.Prof Lewin is really a good teacher.

  • @pskarma I like his lecture and his teaching ability. I was referring to the 22 ppl who dislike the vid

  • @DarkSilver19

    This generally should not happen.I am also teaching physics both at Undergraduate and Graduate level since 1992.Sometimes things may not click between teacher and students but 22 is a high number in 1 course.I thank you for providing this information and as a teacher now I will also be more vigilant and make sure I don't have such high failure rate.But again I admit Prof Lewin is a fantastic teacher and an inspiration for all serious students.

  • Good Lecture

    

  • I'm pitching a total brainer.

  • Win. I would watch as much as I can if I had the time :D

  • I didn't study @ MIT, however I was taught that acceleration was a change in speed or direction. so Wikipedia says"The rate of change of velocity is acceleration" so I guess that was correct. This guy is fun..I like him...anyone want to get me into MIT? I wanna met Robin Willams!

  • "Now I want you to relax... and at the same time get a little bit alert for a change."

    Is this a physicist's joke? Because I don't get it.

  • How the fuck does he do those dotted lines "prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrr" O__O

  • @hevad Black magic.

  • @hevad | = board / = chalk (google translate) do it like 45 degree angle |/ with mild pressure

  • @hevad and hold the upper side of it like-] which ] is your 2 finger :D

  • @hevad You just push the chalk across the board instead of pulling, it causes it to 'hop' making the broken or dotted lines.

  • @hevad dude hes Walter mother fucking Lewin, its just happens lol

  • @hevad

    He puts he's chalk in revered direction and used pressure.

  • @hevad You push the chalk into the board and let it skip. Speed and pressure determine the dot spacing and dot thickness. Faster and lighter = wide thin dots. Faster and harder is wide thick dots. Slower and harder = closely spaced thick dots. One of my Comp Sci profs Jacques LaFrance at ORU taught me :)

  • i love this guy!

  • My teacher is incapable of being as passionate as this man.

  • i learned more in the first 5 minutes of this than i did all last week in high school physics. -__-

  • This guy is spurting enthusiasm as he teaches, I like it!

  • Im taking ap physics c independent study so this really helps. The subtitles are nice too.

    22:21 They would go... (blows raspberry)

  • I like how he super casually fires a rifle in a lecture hall as if it were less exciting or dangerous than bouncing a tennis ball.

  • This guy is an ace at everything; writing on the chalkboard, shooting, throwing tennis balls and not to mention physics.

  • Physics was fun until one had to start pulling in magnetic fields and electromagnetic induction. ;_;

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  • isn't the average, total over # of whatever you have?

  • is there a higher quality of this available?

  • stop crying gay guys, no one cares. anyway if you really need this stuff presented in this video you have knowledge of science at all

  • 39:20 yep... The god of dotted lines :O

  • Wow that was amazing lecture! I really liked how Dr. Lewin described the difference between velocity and speed. Because at school we don't actually derive where did it come from :S

  • is that a fleshlight on his desk? :p

  • I want to learn to do that dotted line thing with the chalk

  • You actually can't say which is bigger in matter of velocity because how do you say which direction is bigger. He kind of said that when he mentioned that he wouldn't like to do so.

  • Learning physics because of 'The Big Bang Theory'

  • @dulios2adriana Biology students

  • @dulios2adriana

    standford students

  • @dulios2adriana they are not bastards, they just don't abide to the rules of physics...

  • @dulios2adriana Communications majors. haha

  • @dulios2adriana those that failed

  • @dulios2adriana The stupid people, who else?

  • Napoleon Dynamite @ 11:00

  • This level of physics is teached at Swedish high schools. But its a good thing, students from most of europe can skip these classes and immediately go on with more advanced classes.

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  • Wow...How this professor makes this lecture so intriguing is...amazing. I hope i get accepted to MIT

  • @dhs911230 You won't.

  • Gracias por subir sus vídeos le estoy muy agradecido son muy interesantes y de excelente calidad académica.

  • Velocity = Displacement?

  • @boydanlaz Velocity is the vector of speed. So you have the speed (displacement divided by the interval of time) and a direction.

  • @boydanlaz Displacement & Velocity are both vectors, vectors are things that have both a magnitude (length) and a direction (E.g. East). Displacement is the change in position while velocity is the measurement of the rate and direction of change in position of an object.

  • Junior in Highschool taking highschool physics right now & AP physics next year. I watch these videos for fun.

  • @purpleleach1 Me 2, let's apply to MIT next year :P

  • My guidance counselor was right, MIT does have a better physics department than Harvard, i should of gone to MIT

  • Smashing this then onto 802! Then onto free energy research.

  • holy shit this is 51 minutes? O_o

  • thank u :)

  • Thank you very much!!!!!

  • this is the great MIT? lmao childs play

  • @Stav1966 this is basic physics what do u expect Einstein ??

  • @Stav1966 its probably for freshman ;P

  • my teaher sucks at physic

    she is kick out of 2 schools still my assaholic skul hired her..................

    but thanks to this man here i will pass with flyin colours

  • @snrsln that is so true!

  • very very intelligent man. thank you for posting all these lectures free of charge

  • @nameless888 Actually, it is usually not that hard to understand physics, but to understand 'a person' explaining physics.

  • @snrsln asshole chose an other lecturer then.

  • @snrsln asshole choose an other lecturer then.

  • @treeandplant Easy now. My comment, as can be seen, was only a reply to encourage a fellow who had a bad lecturer. I didn't have such a problem with my lecturers in uni.

  • The Christopher Walken of Physics

  • 2:23 "Whether you owe me money or I owe you money..."

    LMAO! He sounds like a black gangster when he says that!

  • Muchas gracias por los subtitulos. thanks

  • i wish i could join this university

    

  • bullets move at a speed of 12 foot pounds per hectare cubed

  • @joeglimmix rifle or pistol? theres quite a difference :)

  • lecture 2: electric boogaloo

  • Wow thanks Professor Lewin, if all my teacher as you as good in teaching, i believe my Nation will grow up more and more again, love you so much. arip Nurahman from Indonesia.

  • "Physics work!" Amen.

  • i love the face of frustration of the people..

  • 25:43

    How can d^2x/dt = d^2x/dt^2?

  • @freshaca3 typo, or d,x or t would have to be 0

  • The hell was that sound when he shot the gun? I can't imagine that's what it actually sounded like!

  • @Kirk00077 it was the bullet hitting the metal catch at the end.

  • @Kirk00077 It was a pellet gun shooting into a pellet trap. Thats exactly what they sound like =)

  • @BigBi90 good for you uber nerd xD.

    no rly...congrats

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  • "Physics works" =)

  • Kinda neat that you can learn physics from MIT without the hit to your wallet. I don't really understand all this but it's an interesting lecture. He reminds me of "Doc" from Back to the Future!

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  • @emanmark ya it's true you can learn without having to pay the tuition fees but if you do take classes there you graduate with a degree

  • Why is this called 8.01 and not 101?

  • @theitsystem cuz 101 was 7 years earlier :o :D

  • aw man, i thought i knew this stuff fairly well...nope

  • I want to go to MIT so bad...

  • @LFZ15

    ehhhh

    i got rejected =[.

    But I'm at Caltech plotting my revenge =D.

  • @cheecheepong Depending on what you're studying Caltech >> MIT to be honest, so well done haha.

    you've also entered in one of the biggest intellectual rivalries in the country :P

  • This man is a brilliant professor. I have heard many lectures where the professor injects his political views into the class. Professor Lewin mentions that he dislikes guns, but he uses it as an example in his class. The thing that I love about Physics is that no matter your political and/or religious beliefs, they cannot be injected into the science.

  • @DeltaBravo1216

    Well said. Newton's laws haven't changed in 300 years...Tax "laws" on the other hand....

  • @DeltaBravo1216

    Really? What about the big bang vs creationism?

  • @Enooraa I believe that God created the universe. I believe that the big bang may have happened and may have been caused by God. People ask me why I think this because the universe is hundreds of millions of years old. My reply may be naive, but God exists out of time, therefore a day for Him could surpass what we can comprehend.

  • @DeltaBravo1216 Its older than hundreds of millions of years.

  • @DeltaBravo1216 I was'nt talking about believing in God but about creationism, that states that the earth was created by God 6000 years ago (i think). And people who are religious in that way injects their beliefs in science, thus denying the big bang and many other things...

    (Sorry if i'm not being very clear, but english isn't my first language.. :s)

  • @DeltaBravo1216 I don't understand how you or anyone see a need for some kind of god. Besides, if god created the universe and everything in it, who created god, and who created that one, and so on. Don't you realize how stupid the idea of a god is?

  • @JmSantos78 Any thought of how the universe was created is stupid. Humans cannot comprehend it whether you view it religiously or scientifically. You describe why it is dumb to view it religiously, but I want to explain why scientifically is stupid. Law of Conservation of mass states that matter cannot be created nor destroyed. This is law. Meaning it cannot be broken to the understanding of humans. Well where did all the matter come from? Neither way makes sense and thinking about it is idiotic

  • @fadenkreuze People who think like you do inhibit the progress of science. "It can't be done. Give up. Useless."

    You know what's really useless? You.

  • @ff7masta When you solve the mysteries of the universe, tell me. If you go down that road and your whole life is wasted as you research every aspect and every detail of all possible reasoning then you realize that you haven't come up with an answer, think of me. It's not useless to tell people the things that are impossible are impossible and not to waste there time with it. I'll tell you that it's impossible to melt your body and live. Care to prove me wrong?

  • @fadenkreuze You really are a sad case. Not an ounce of scientific integrity within you.

  • @fadenkreuze Some men and women "wasted" their entire life in the study on electricity. Turns out that every generation they went closer. You know, the airplane was a complete mechanical novelty in one of the Da Vinci's notebooks? Then these guys spent more than 5 years optimizing the wings and flight control from the first powered airplane in the world. They did kites, gliders, prototypes.

    I would like to isolate you from scientific progress. Go live in a cave.

  • @fadenkreuze You cannot melt a body since we are carbon based life forms thus we burn and don't tell me you were joking.

  • @tommie997 I said it was impossible.

  • If you change the polarity of the earth, is it possible for the earth to flip? If then could it be possible the Ring of Fire may become the equator is such a change?

  • @nathan1cast

    The earth doesn't flip. Sure the Ring of Fire may be at the equator, but that's just due to plate tectonics, not pole reversal.

    Pole reversal is either caused by the magnetic field lines being disrupted a result of chaotic motions of liquid metal in Earth's core or that external factors may trigger a pole reversal, such as plate tectonics. They could cause pole reversal, not the other way around. But nobody knows for sure.

    I just know the Earth doesn't flip.

  • Why would he not be a fan of guns? Better question, why was this interjection needed? It wasn't. That was a completely unnecessary, totally subjective comment. Guns are every bit as much of a useful tool as a chalkboard, or a hammer, or a wrench, etc. It's JUST a tool. Don't ruin good scientific discussion by disclosing personal (irrational) prejudices. I hate when teachers do that.

  • @bluegrassaficionado men of knowlege are usually adverse to weapons of destruction and i am glad of that, deal with it

  • @DarkShroom dont be so quick in your thinking. it is "men of knowledge" who invent these weapons of destruction in the first place.

  • It's kind of funny, he says he doesn't like guns but then gets into people getting their skulls crushed.

  • @bluegrassaficionado You must realize he's not American, and therefore not a gun nut.

  • @JmSantos78 So if he becomes an american will he sudenly turn into a gun nut?

  • The man just fired a weapon in the classroom... 100 Points.

  • This guy makes so much more sense than my high school teacher ever did in finnish.. I learn now much better even though my native language is finnish :D Good lecturer!

  • Well that's common and to be expected - in school you have to make certain simplifications and a lot is left out - in college/university or whatever you more of the basics and no simplifications are made just for the sake of "dim witted pubils" ;)

    I'm serious: the deeper you go the more students that really want to know the "why" will gain.

    I always asked the "why" in school and always wondered if I was just to stupid to crasp those stories.

    .... I studied math in the end ;)

  • im only 15 in high school as a freshmeat and im able to learn stuff from him i and i have a ''D'' in math! i so love this and watching all of these vids i can.

    i hope they add alot more

  • Wait... so you're 15... you're a D student in math... which means you would be in something like Algebra I... so tell me how you are able to understand the v=dx/dt stuff.

  • haha.

  • @beefjilvin'

    Because, you see, v = dx/dt does not require knowledge in high level mathematics.

  • Yes, It's technically just a matter of notation, although understanding the concept of a derivative makes it so much easier.

  • @R4nd0mEvi1

    It doesn't require mathematics at a terribly high level, but it was just hard to believe, considering the failure in algebra (which is way, way easier in most cases than a derivative).

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  • @beefjilvin It's basic algebra and some logic. speed is a change in distance over time. You can use delta to have a difference between two measurements. You may rearrange the equation, it's just one of those generic z=x/y type equations. I ended up memorizing the one that I use the most, just because I was using it like every 4 days.

  • I love the MIT opencourseware. Fantastic!

  • I love being able to take these lectures from MIT, because I'm twelve and would not be able to study this stuff until college. Thank you MIT!

  • take as many APs as you can in high school...