Walter lewin Definition and 12 Threads

Greg Bernhardt submitted a new PF Insights post A New Interpretation of Dr. Walter Lewin's Paradox Continue reading the Original PF Insights Post.

Can anyone help me on this problem from this video starting from 8:03 , I've been working on it for a week ,and I couldn't find a solution.

Right answer for the Walter Lewin demo/paradox about electromagnetic induction in Lecture 16 ?

here is the link to walter lewin video lecture please jump to 13:13 8.01x - Lect 2 - 1D Kinematics - Speed, Velocity, Acceleration i thought that all meter ruler/ meter stick use ± 0.1 cm as uncertainty .how did he get ± 0.5 cm?

Hello there! I am a newbie on the physics forums. I saw a thread which I wanted to answer because I had a better answer than the one given in that thread but the thread is closed and it is written there that 'you have insufficient privileges to reply here.' How do I get sufficient privileges...

I was wondering where I can find the best quality lecture videos of Walter Lewis. Both mechanical and EM. Most of the videos I find are of low quality and it makes it hard to follow. Thanks.

Hey guys, following the brouhaha around mr.lewin's inappropriate conduct, mit ocw has removed all of lewin's course materials from its page. But the lectures are still available on YouTube, thankfully :bow: But the pdfs aren't! Please let me know if any of you have them downloaded from back...

Why is the drift velocity of an electron in a wire defined as: tau*(E*e/m) and not 1/2 *tau* (eE/m) as it is the AVERAGE VELOCITY!? because the above defintion of drift velocity is the velocity that is attained before the collision so rather the maximum velocity of the elctron, isn't it?

They're so alike. https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=Walter+Lewin&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=LgnaVLjOGs_n8AXVnYLoBA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=508...

http://tech.mit.edu/V134/N60/walterlewin.html Removing his physics lecture videos! Who thinks that punishing others with this is the right response?

Homework Statement http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8196/ampere.th.png Uploaded with ImageShack.usThe Attempt at a Solution I've watched Walter Lewin's vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxCZnb-EMtk&feature=relmfu like five times and he seemed pretty angry with the way books explain this...

I recently came across MIT prof. Walter Lewin's fascinating demonstration of a Kelvin water dropper, which can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY1eyLEo8_A (EDIT: If your browser is like mine that didn't work, try this: ) As shown in the...