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Physics I: Classical Mechanics

In addition to the basic concepts of Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory, a variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Resonance Phenomena, Musical Instruments, Stellar Collapse, Supernovae, Astronomical observations from very high flying balloons (lecture 35), and the intriguing Quantum World.

Instructor

Professor Walter Lewin, dealing with Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory.
Physics
2015

Record ID

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Lecture 12 - Air Drag, Resistive Forces, Conservative Forces, Terminal Velocity

Lecture 12 - Air Drag, Resistive Forces, Conservative Forces, Terminal Velocity

Lecture 13 - Equation of Motion for Simple Harmonic Oscillators

Lecture 14 - Orbits and Escape Velocity

Lecture 15 - Momentum, Conservation of Momentum, Center of Mass

Lecture 16 - Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Lecture 17 - Momentum of Individual Objects, Rocket Equation

Lecture 18 - Review of Lectures 6 through 15

Lecture 19 - Rotating Rigid Bodies, Inertia, and Axis Theorems

Lecture 20 - Angular Momentum, Torques, Conservation of Angular Momentum

Lecture 21 - Torques, Oscillating Bodies, Physical Pendulums

Lecture 22 - Kepler's Laws, Elliptical Orbits, and Change of Orbits

Lecture 23 - Doppler Effect, Binary Stars, Neutron Stars and Black Holes

Lecture 24 - Rolling Motion, Gyroscopes

Lecture 25 - Static Equilibrium, Stability, Rope Walker

Lecture 26 - Elasticity and Young's Modulus

Lecture 27 - Fluid Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pascal's Principle, Atmospheric Pressure

Lecture 28 - Hydrostatics, Archimedes' Principle, and Bernoulli's Equation

Lecture 29 - Review of Lectures 16 through 24

Lecture 30 - Simple Harmonic Oscillations of Suspended Solid Bodies

Lecture 31 - Forced Oscillations, Normal Modes, Resonances, Musical Instruments

Lecture 32 - Heat, Thermal Expansion

Lecture 33 - Kinetic Gas Theory, Ideal Gas Law, Phase Transitions

Lecture 34 - The Wonderful Quantum World, Breakdown of Classical Mechanics

Lecture 35 - Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics