MIT Letures in Physics
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Lesson # |
TOPICS | Lecture | Video |
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| 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) |
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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 |