MIT Letures in Physics

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TOPICS Lecture Video
1 Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling Arguments Lecture 1 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
2 1D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration Lecture 2 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
3 Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics Lecture 3 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
4 3D Kinematics - Free Falling Reference Frames Lecture 4 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
5 Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived Gravity Lecture 5 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
6 Newton's Laws Lecture 6 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
7 Weight - Perceived Gravity - Weightlessness Free Fall - Zero Gravity in Orbit (misnomer) Lecture 7 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
8 Friction Lecture 8 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
9 Exam Review Lecture 9 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
10 Hooke's Law - Springs - Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum - Small Angle Approximation Lecture 10 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
11 Work - Kinetic Energy - Potential Energy - Conservative Forces - Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation Lecture 11 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
12 Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal Velocity Lecture 12 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
13 Potential Energy - Energy Considerations to Derive Simple Harmonic Motion Lecture 13 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
14 Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - Power Lecture 14 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
15 Momentum - Conservation of Momentum - Center of Mass Lecture 15 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
16 Collisions - Elastic and Inelastic - Center of Mass Frame of Reference Lecture 16 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
17

Impulse - Rockets

Video presented in Lecture 17 that demonstrates impulse and impact time courtesy of Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, MIT.

Lecture 17 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
18 Exam Review Lecture 18 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
19 Rotating Rigid Bodies - Moment of Inertia - Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem - Rotational Kinetic Energy - Fly Wheels - Neutron Stars - Pulsars Lecture 19 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
20 Angular Momentum - Torques - Conservation of Angular Momentum - Spinning Neutron Stars - Stellar Collapse Lecture 20 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
21 Torques - Oscillating Bodies - Hoops Lecture 21 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
22 Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham Sandwich Lecture 22 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
23 Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes Lecture 23 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
24 Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - VERY NON-INTUITIVE Lecture 24 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
25 Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope Walker Lecture 25 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
26 Elasticity - Young's Modulus Lecture 26 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
27 Fluid Mechanics - Pascal's Principle - Hydrostatics - Atmospheric Pressure - Over Pressure in Lungs and Tires Lecture 27 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
28 Hydrostatics - Archimedes' Principle - Fluid Dynamics - What Makes Your Boat Float? - Bernoulli's Equation Lecture 28 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
29 Exam Review Lecture 29 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
30 Simple Harmonic Oscillations - Energy Considerations - Torsional Pendulum Lecture 30 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
31 Forced Oscillations - Normal Modes - Resonance - Natural Frequencies - Musical Instruments Lecture 31 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
32 Heat - Thermal Expansion Lecture 32 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
33 Kinetic Gas Theory - Ideal Gas Law - Isothermal Atmosphere - Phase Diagrams - Phase Transitions Lecture 33 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
34 The Wonderful Quantum World - Breakdown of Classical Mechanics Lecture 34 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K)
35 Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics Lecture 35 Video Index (RM - 80K) (RM - 300K