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Walter Lewin
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Walter Lewin

Walter Lewin taught the three core classes in physics at MIT for more than thirty years and made major discoveries in the area of X-ray astronomy. His physics lectures have been the subject of great acclaim, including a 60 Minutes feature, stories in... Read full bio

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My life in 8 words: "PHYSICS IS MY LIFE, ART IS MY LOVE"
For the Love of Physics will be released on March 15, 2012 in
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. What counts is not what you cover but what you uncover Q. What’s your best quality? A. Ability to teach Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. Bill Gates (because of his unprecedented philanthropy) Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. It does not exist Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. To make millions of people all over the world love physics and to make them look at the world in a new way. Learn more about Walter Lewin

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Sys-Con India, January 22, 2013
...Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), announced today a new course from the legendary Professor Walter Lewin who, for 47 years, has provided generations of MIT students – and millions watching online – with his...
Canada Free Press, June 27, 2012
...Michael Shermer; Intuition, by Allegra Goodman; The Fluorine Murder, by Camille Minichino; For the Love of Physics, by Walter Lewin and Denying Science, by John Grant. American Chemical Society Most recent columns American Chemical Society, ACS is a...
BizWire Express, May 5, 2013
...of other students for effectiveness. Computer graded online homework replaced written homework, and videos featuring renowned professors, like Walter Lewin, are interspersed throughout. Materials for Mechanics ReView were developed by the RELATE...
PR.com, May 5, 2013
...of other students for effectiveness. Computer graded online homework replaced written homework, and videos featuring renowned professors, like Walter Lewin, are interspersed throughout. Materials for Mechanics ReView were developed by the RELATE...
News24.com, February 21, 2013
...of videos on YouTube Edu are the celebrated classroom theatrics of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) physics professor Walter Lewin, whose clips have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Other leading institutions of higher education...
Times Higher Education Supplement, February 6, 2013
...US' less prestigious higher education institutions - which he calls "trash" - out of business within 20 years. Walter Lewin, emeritus professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told Times Higher Education that students would...
Boston Globe, January 31, 2013
...by MIT this year includes a , a class focused on , and electricity and magnetism from legendary physics professor Walter Lewin. And thats just a taste: Michael Sandel, a government professor at Harvard University, will offer his class on Justice, already...
Python Developer's Journal, January 31, 2013
...S. Institute of Medicine in 1999. Previously announced new 2013 courses include: 8.02x Electricity and Magnetism from Walter Lewin; Justice from Michael Sandel; Introduction to Statistics from Ani Adhikari; The Challenges of Global Poverty from Esther...
TMC Net, January 30, 2013
...is based - from one of the top scientist in the world. 8.02x Electricity and Magnetism from Walter Lewin; Justice from Michael Sandel; Introduction to Statistics from Ani Adhikari; The Challenges of Global Poverty from Esther Duflo; The Ancient Greek...