Favorite physics videos on internet

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The discussion centers around sharing favorite physics videos available online, with participants contributing various links. Notable mentions include Walter Lewin's MIT lectures, Leonard Susskind's Stanford lectures, and Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" series. Other popular recommendations feature Feynman's Messenger Lectures, Brian Greene's "The Elegant Universe," and the "Dimensions" series, praised for its stunning visualizations. Participants express appreciation for the educational value of these resources, highlighting their effectiveness in making complex physics concepts accessible. The thread serves as a valuable compilation of engaging physics content for enthusiasts and learners alike.
  • #31
For the German speakers out there, Professor Harold Lesch's series Alpha Centauri is great for astrophysics. There are a ton of 15 minute podcasts from 1999-2007

http://www.br.de/fernsehen/br-alpha/sendungen/alpha-centauri/alpha-centauri-videothek-videos100.html

Another series (also in German) that I like is Mathematik zum Anfassen:

http://www.br.de/fernsehen/br-alpha...-zum-anfassen/mathematik-zum-anfassen102.html
 
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  • #33


I like Prof. Brad Osgood's lectures on Fourier Transform
http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2252/The-Fourier-Transform-and-its-Applications

also Hans Bethe's popular lectures on QM
http://randomknowledge.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/quantum-physics-made-relatively-simple/

also Arthur Mattuck's lectures on Diff. Eq. from MIT
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-03-differential-equations-spring-2010/video-lectures/

also Perimeter Scholars International lectures
http://www.perimeterscholars.org./253.html

and Leonard Susskind's lectures from Stanford I lke most of all.
 
  • #34


My high school physics teacher makes videos for my class that are actually pretty good and I almost even like watching them. They are all on this channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/dcaulf

He assigns them as homework then we practice stuff in class.

I checked out a couple videos from the above links... not sure I'm ready for that stuff yet...
 
  • #35


I was just about to say susskind's lectures then I saw that you already had them
If it wasn't for those lectures I would never have found my love of maths and physics :3

Prof Balakrishnan has some pretty good lectures on classical and quantum physics on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
 
  • #36


hey can anyone tell whether we can access the lecture videos that require a college id to be used, from outside the campus (e.g courses at stanford, which ask for payment)... using the internet by using a friend's id ? is anyone aware whether these lectures are actually on the web or their lan >
 
  • #37


thePYT said:
My high school physics teacher makes videos for my class that are actually pretty good and I almost even like watching them. They are all on this channel...

You have a pretty good physics teacher, especially to put that much effort into what he does.

I like Ramamurti Shankar's lectures from Yale on University Physics I and II. They cover every topic in most universities Physics I and II w/ calculus course.

http://oyc.yale.edu/physics

I haven't been able to find any other Physics II (intro to EM, gauss law, that sort of thing) videos online.


Those Feynman lectures (the one from MS and the one above are the same series) are great, but you probably won't learn anything that will be helpful in a class. If you pick up the Feynman Lectures on Physics 3 book set, it's basically a transcription of those lectures, only with actual mathematics. Worth every penny for a 1st/2nd year phy/eng/math major. You're library probably has them too.


I'm currently watching Gilbert Strang's Linear Algebra lectures on OCW.MIT
While they aren't nearly as fantastic as Walter Lewin, or that guy who does their calculus 1-2 lectures (not the french guy that does the calc III!), it's still a really good resource to casually watch and better familiarize yourself.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/video-lectures/
 
  • #38


this thread is awesome. really liked the dimensions video. definitely bookmarking this thread
 
  • #39


I like the Stephen Hawking series from National Geographic
 
  • #40


Anything Neil Degrasse Tyson. While you won't learn any specifics and it won't help you in any classes, it's still wonderful to see somebody that passionate and involved in science becoming a media giant and effectively spreading scientific literacy.
 
  • #41
QuarkCharmer: "I haven't been able to find any other Physics II (intro to EM, gauss law, that sort of thing) videos online."

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-02-electricity-and-magnetism-spring-2002/index.htm
 
  • #42


Nadyas said:
and Leonard Susskind's lectures from Stanford I lke most of all.

Unfortunately, I can't understand Leonard Susskind's strong accent.
 
  • #44


Feynman's videos are a great source of inspiration for pursuing physics. MIT OCW is also helpful for learning particular subject matters.
 
  • #45
awesome feynman videos

Goes through some very basic concept but there is a lot of good and interesting stuff in these lectures.

I also love his teaching style.


http://vega.org.uk/video/programme/46
 
  • #46


The Fabric of cosmos by Brian Greene
My favourite is the 3rd part 'quantum leap'
 
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  • #47


thePYT said:
My high school physics teacher makes videos for my class that are actually pretty good and I almost even like watching them. They are all on this channel...

http://www.youtube.com/user/dcaulf

He assigns them as homework then we practice stuff in class.

I checked out a couple videos from the above links... not sure I'm ready for that stuff yet...


Your teacher is really good...
 
  • #48


wow, I was surprised that professor Balakrishnan has only been mentioned one time in this thread.

In my opinion this guy and his way of teaching is far superior to both Walter Lewin and Susskind. Here's a link to his series on classical mechanics:

 
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  • #49


is there any good videos for these topics :

-Einstein Summation Convention
-Analyctical Geometry in 3d
-Vector Functions
-Path Integrals
(Integral Theorems)
a)Green Theorem
b)Divergence Theorem
c)Stokes Theorem
-Gama Functions

I totally do not understand the what is the relationship between these topics.It's applied science topics,but it seems to me very abstract.

Edit : I have found ;

http://courses.ncsu.edu/ma242/common/media/OutlineOfLectures.html
http://www.infocobuild.com/education/audio-video-courses/mathematics/vector-calculus-unsw.html
 
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  • #50


I simply found path integral videos by searching them on Youtube. I was suprised to see them. I'm sure you can just find all of these topics at a hardcore level on youtube.
 
  • #51
check it out[best webpage for education]

take this webpage

best videos for least a begginer


check khanacademy
 
  • #52
namanjain said:
take this webpage

best videos for least a begginer


check khanacademy

Think you are missing the link, go here for home page,

https://www.khanacademy.org/

and click on the upper left tab "learn" and then click on "science" or "math"..
 
  • #53
Spinnor said:
Think you are missing the link, go here for home page,

https://www.khanacademy.org/

and click on the upper left tab "learn" and then click on "science" or "math"..
you can get it on google it comes first (very famous)
 

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