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When lewins lectures were made available online, he became an instant youtube celebrity. Plz read the books, videos lectures are just original photocopies of. License these lectures are generously put online by mit, and are licensed under the creative commons license by ncsa and so it is perfectly legal to share them. His physics lectures have been the subject of great acclaim, including a 60 minutes feature, stories in the new york times, washington post, boston globe, newsweek and us news and world report. Lewin has a youtube channel with all of his lectures plus assignments, notes, quizzes, and exams.
Lewin earned his doctorate in nuclear physics in 1965 at the delft university of technology and was a member of mits physics faculty for 43 years beginning in 1966 until his retirement in 2009. This lecture has been viewed more than 10 million times. Where can i get ohanians book physics, 2nd edition, expanded. Electricity and magnetism ii mit covered topics are. Born in the hague netherlands, professor lewin achieved his phd in nuclear physics in 1965 at the delft university of technology and came to mit in 1966. Walter lewin announces massive open online course through edx. Walter hendrik gustav lewin born january 29, 1936 is a dutch astrophysicist and former professor of physics at the massachusetts institute of technology. For the love of physics is a rare gem that will change the way readers see the world. His concept explainations, drawing meticulously on the board, taking thru question and answers, sometimes when experiment fails explaining so that what ever he does can be emulated by people.
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