MIT OpenCourseWare 8.01 Classical Mechanics torrent

Description
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This is a full set of video lectures, recorded at MIT. The home page of the
original lectures can be found at MIT OCW:

http://ocw.mit.edu/

This torrent is just a transcode of the original 220 Kbps .rm files to mpeg4,
15 fps, 320 x 240 h.264 @ 144 Kbps, with 32 Kbps mono AAC sound, so that it
can for example be easily played on a phone during your daily commute.



Course description
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8.01 is a first-semester freshman physics class in Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid
Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory. 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 you will be allowed
a peek into the intriguing Quantum World.



Highlights of this Course
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This course features lecture notes, problem sets with solutions, exams with
solutions, links to related resources, and a complete set of videotaped lectures.
The 35 video lectures by Professor Lewin, were recorded on the MIT campus during
the Fall of 1999. Prof. Lewin is well-known at MIT and beyond for his dynamic and
engaging lecture style.



License
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Creative Commons License (BY-NC-SA) and so it is perfectly legal to share them.
Therefore, please seed as long a possible, to ensure this amazing resource stays
available.

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