MIT 8.01x Classical Mechanics with Walter Lewin
By Lectures by Walter Lewin. They will make you ♥ Physics.
- Course audio
- Course audio: English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 15 lessons
What you'll be able to do
- Solve kinematics and projectile problems
- Apply Newton's laws, energy and momentum conservation
- Analyse rotation, oscillation and gravitation
About this course
Walter Lewin's celebrated MIT mechanics lectures, uploaded on his own channel. After an introduction, lectures cover powers of ten, units and dimensions, one-dimensional kinematics, vectors and projectile motion, circular motion, Newton's laws, friction, work and energy, momentum and collisions, rotation, angular momentum, oscillations and gravitation, with memorable live demonstrations. It suits FSc pre-engineering students and university physics freshers. Follow with Lewin's 8.02x Electricity and Magnetism.
Before you start: FSc maths; basic calculus helps
Syllabus
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- 18.01x - Introduction
- 28.01x - Lect 1 - Powers of 10, Units, Dimensions, Uncertainties, Scaling Arguments
- 38.01x - Lect 2 - 1D Kinematics - Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
- 48.01x - Lect 3 - Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics
- 58.01x - Lect 4 - 3D Kinematics, Free Falling Reference Frames
- 68.01x - Lect 5 - Circular Motion, Centripetal Forces, Perceived Gravity
- 78.01x - Lect 6 - Newton's Laws
- 88.01x - Lect 7 - Weight, Weightlessness in Free Fall, Weight in Orbit
- 98.01x - Lect 8 - Friction
- 108.01x - Lect 9 - First Exam Review
- 118.01x - Lect 10 - Hooke's Law, Springs, Pendulums, Simple Harmonic Motion
- 128.01x - Lect 11 - Work, Kinetic & Potential Energy, Gravitation, Conservative Forces
- 138.01x - Lect 12 - Air Drag, Resistive Forces, Conservative Forces, Terminal Velocity
- 148.01x - Lect 13 - Potential Energy, Derive Simple Harmonic Motion using Energy
- 158.01x - Lect 14 - Escape Velocities, Circular Orbits, Bound and Unbound Orbits, Power
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Sabaq lists the first 15 videos of this playlist; the rest continue on YouTube. Full playlist on YouTube
Lessons last checked Oct 2026. Course summary and lesson structure by Sabaq.
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