How Can I Access Walter Lewin's Course Materials from Past Years on MIT OCW?

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SUMMARY

Accessing Walter Lewin's course materials from MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is currently challenging due to their removal following allegations against him. However, lecture videos remain accessible on YouTube. Users can retrieve past course materials, including PDFs, through the Wayback Machine by navigating to archived versions of the MIT OCW pages for specific years, such as 2012, when the materials were still available.

PREREQUISITES
  • Familiarity with the Wayback Machine tool
  • Basic navigation skills for web archives
  • Understanding of MIT OpenCourseWare structure
  • Knowledge of Walter Lewin's physics courses
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  • Research how to effectively use the Wayback Machine for retrieving archived web pages
  • Explore MIT OpenCourseWare for other available courses and materials
  • Watch Walter Lewin's lectures on YouTube for supplemental learning
  • Investigate alternative resources for physics course materials
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Students, educators, and physics enthusiasts seeking access to Walter Lewin's past course materials and anyone interested in utilizing archived educational resources.

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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 then. I'm still following his lectures and i need a couple of classroom slides and such! Thankyou!:smile:
 
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Woah! Thanks! Never knew this machine! :)
 
I could not find the pdfs, can you help me please?
 
TheOneABD said:
I could not find the pdfs, can you help me please?

Just click on a past year on the wayback page for the course you want and go to a year when the course materials were still available like 2012.. Click on that in the year listing on the top..( There are a lot of bars on 2012 btw.. Visited most then i guess.)
Then that year calendar opens up and you see a lot of blue bubbles on dates. Click one of those. Then a time list pops up.. Click any time.. And then the course page of the past opens up. Hope this helps.
 
Curieuse said:
Just click on a past year on the wayback page for the course you want and go to a year when the course materials were still available like 2012.. Click on that in the year listing on the top..( There are a lot of bars on 2012 btw.. Visited most then i guess.)
Then that year calendar opens up and you see a lot of blue bubbles on dates. Click one of those. Then a time list pops up.. Click any time.. And then the course page of the past opens up. Hope this helps.
Thanks
 

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