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Professor Lewin
The charming MIT Muses surprise Walter Lewin during
his last lecture, #36. (Photo by Markos Hankin, MIT Physics
Department Lecture Demonstration Group. Used with permission
of The Muses, MIT's all-women's a cappella group.)

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Lecture #1: What holds our world together? Electric Charges (Historical) Polarization Electric Force Coulomb's Law Recorded on 02/06/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #19: Vacation Special How do Magicians levitate women? (with demo) Electric Shock Treatment (no demo) Electrocardiogram (with demo) Pacemakers Superconductivity (with demo) Levitating Bullet Trains Aurora Borealis Recorded on 03/22/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #2: Electric Field Field Lines Superposition Inductive Charging Dipoles Induced Dipoles Recorded on 02/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #20: Inductance RL Circuits Magnetic Field Energy Recorded on 04/01/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #3: Electric Flux Gauss's Law Examples Recorded on 02/11/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #21: Magnetic Materials Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetism Prize Ceremony of Motor Contest Recorded on 04/03/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #4: Electrostatic Potential Electric Energy eV Conservative Field Equipotential Surfaces Recorded on 02/13/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #22: Hysteresis Electromagnets Bohr Magneton Maxwell's Equations 600 daffodils Recorded on 04/05/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #5: E = -grad V More on Equipotential Surfaces Conductors Electrostatic Shielding (Faraday Cage) Recorded on 02/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #23: Review Exam 2 Recorded on 04/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #6: High-Voltage Breakdown Lightning Sparks - St. Elmo's Fire Recorded on 02/19/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #24: Transformers Car Coils RC Circuits Recorded on 04/12/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #7: Capacitance Field Energy Recorded on 02/20/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #25: Driven LRC Circuits Resonance Metal Detectors (Beach/Airport) Recorded on 04/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #8: Polarization Dielectrics The Van de Graaff More on Capacitors Recorded on 02/22/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #26: Traveling Waves Standing Waves Musical Instruments Recorded on 04/19/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #9: Currents Resistivity Ohm's Law Recorded on 02/25/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #27: Resonance Destructive Resonance Electromagnetic Waves Speed of Light Radio - TV Distance Determinations using Radar and Lasers Information about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/tacoma3.html http://www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html Recorded on 04/22/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #10: Batteries EMF Energy Conservation Power Kirchhoff's Rules Circuits Kelvin Water Dropper Recorded on 02/27/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #28: Index of Refraction Poynting Vector Oscillating Charges Radiation Pressure Comet Tails Polarization (Linear, Elliptical, and Circular) Recorded on 04/24/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #11: Magnetic field Lorentz Force Torques Electric Motors (DC) Oscilloscope Recorded on 03/01/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #29: Snell's Law Refraction Total Reflection Dispersion Prisms Huygens's Principle The Illusion of Color The Weird Benham Top Land's Famous Demo Recorded on 04/26/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #12: Review Exam 1 (Secret Top!) Recorded on 03/04/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #30: Polarizers Malus's Law Brewster Angle Polarization by Reflection and Scattering Why is the sky blue? Why are sunsets red? The sun will set in the lecture hall! Recorded on 04/29/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #13: Moving Charges in B-fields Cyclotron Synchrotron Mass Spectrometer Cloud Chamber Recorded on 03/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #31: Rainbows A modest rainbow will appear in the lecture hall! Fog Bows Supernumerary Bows Polarization of the Bows Halos around the Sun and the Moon Mock Suns Recorded on 05/01/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #14: Biot-Savart Law Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields Revisit the "Leyden Jar" High-Voltage Power Lines Recorded on 03/11/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #32: Review Exam 3 Recorded on 05/03/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #15: Ampere's Law Solenoids Revisit the Kelvin Water Dropper Midterm Evaluation Recorded on 03/13/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #33: Double-Slit Interference Interferometers Recorded on 05/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #16: Electromagnetic Induction Faraday's Law Lenz Law Complete Breakdown of Intuition Non-Conservative Fields Recorded on 03/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #34: Gratings Resolving Power Single-Slit Diffraction Angular Resolution Human Eye Telescopes Recorded on 05/10/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #17: Motional EMF Dynamos Eddy Currents Magnetic Braking Recorded on 03/18/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #35: Doppler Effect The Big Bang Cosmology Recorded on 05/13/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #18: Displacement Current (Difficult Concept) Synchronous Motors Induction Motors Secret Top, How does it work? Recorded on 03/20/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #36: Farewell Special Bring a Friend! Recorded on 05/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)

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Lecture #1: What holds our world together? Electric Charges (Historical) Polarization Electric Force Coulomb's Law Recorded on 02/06/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #19: Vacation Special How do Magicians levitate women? (with demo) Electric Shock Treatment (no demo) Electrocardiogram (with demo) Pacemakers Superconductivity (with demo) Levitating Bullet Trains Aurora Borealis Recorded on 03/22/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #2: Electric Field Field Lines Superposition Inductive Charging Dipoles Induced Dipoles Recorded on 02/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #20: Inductance RL Circuits Magnetic Field Energy Recorded on 04/01/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #3: Electric Flux Gauss's Law Examples Recorded on 02/11/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #21: Magnetic Materials Dia-, Para-, and Ferromagnetism Prize Ceremony of Motor Contest Recorded on 04/03/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #4: Electrostatic Potential Electric Energy eV Conservative Field Equipotential Surfaces Recorded on 02/13/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #22: Hysteresis Electromagnets Bohr Magneton Maxwell's Equations 600 daffodils Recorded on 04/05/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #5: E = -grad V More on Equipotential Surfaces Conductors Electrostatic Shielding (Faraday Cage) Recorded on 02/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #23: Review Exam 2 Recorded on 04/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #6: High-Voltage Breakdown Lightning Sparks - St. Elmo's Fire Recorded on 02/19/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #24: Transformers Car Coils RC Circuits Recorded on 04/12/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #7: Capacitance Field Energy Recorded on 02/20/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #25: Driven LRC Circuits Resonance Metal Detectors (Beach/Airport) Recorded on 04/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #8: Polarization Dielectrics The Van de Graaff More on Capacitors Recorded on 02/22/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #26: Traveling Waves Standing Waves Musical Instruments Recorded on 04/19/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #9: Currents Resistivity Ohm's Law Recorded on 02/25/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #27: Resonance Destructive Resonance Electromagnetic Waves Speed of Light Radio - TV Distance Determinations using Radar and Lasers Information about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bridge/tacoma3.html http://www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html Recorded on 04/22/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #10: Batteries EMF Energy Conservation Power Kirchhoff's Rules Circuits Kelvin Water Dropper Recorded on 02/27/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #28: Index of Refraction Poynting Vector Oscillating Charges Radiation Pressure Comet Tails Polarization (Linear, Elliptical, and Circular) Recorded on 04/24/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #11: Magnetic field Lorentz Force Torques Electric Motors (DC) Oscilloscope Recorded on 03/01/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #29: Snell's Law Refraction Total Reflection Dispersion Prisms Huygens's Principle The Illusion of Color The Weird Benham Top Land's Famous Demo Recorded on 04/26/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #12: Review Exam 1 (Secret Top!) Recorded on 03/04/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #30: Polarizers Malus's Law Brewster Angle Polarization by Reflection and Scattering Why is the sky blue? Why are sunsets red? The sun will set in the lecture hall! Recorded on 04/29/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #13: Moving Charges in B-fields Cyclotron Synchrotron Mass Spectrometer Cloud Chamber Recorded on 03/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #31: Rainbows A modest rainbow will appear in the lecture hall! Fog Bows Supernumerary Bows Polarization of the Bows Halos around the Sun and the Moon Mock Suns Recorded on 05/01/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #14: Biot-Savart Law Gauss' Law for Magnetic Fields Revisit the "Leyden Jar" High-Voltage Power Lines Recorded on 03/11/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #32: Review Exam 3 Recorded on 05/03/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #15: Ampere's Law Solenoids Revisit the Kelvin Water Dropper Midterm Evaluation Recorded on 03/13/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #33: Double-Slit Interference Interferometers Recorded on 05/08/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #16: Electromagnetic Induction Faraday's Law Lenz Law Complete Breakdown of Intuition Non-Conservative Fields Recorded on 03/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #34: Gratings Resolving Power Single-Slit Diffraction Angular Resolution Human Eye Telescopes Recorded on 05/10/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #17: Motional EMF Dynamos Eddy Currents Magnetic Braking Recorded on 03/18/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #35: Doppler Effect The Big Bang Cosmology Recorded on 05/13/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)
Lecture #18: Displacement Current (Difficult Concept) Synchronous Motors Induction Motors Secret Top, How does it work? Recorded on 03/20/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)	Lecture #36: Farewell Special Bring a Friend! Recorded on 05/15/02 (56k)\|(80K)\|(220k)