
Lecture Description
This lecture introduces the topic of electricity and magnetism with the question: "What holds our world together?" Topics discussed include: Electric Charges (Historical perspective), Polarization, Electric Force, and Coulomb's Law.
Course Index
- Coulomb's Law & Electric Force
- Electric Field
- Gauss's Law & Electric Flux
- Electric Energy
- Conductor & Electrostatic Shielding
- High-Voltage Breakdown
- Capacitance & Field Energy
- Polarization & Dielectrics
- Ohm's Law, Resistivity & Currents
- Kirchhoff's Rule & Power
- Magnetic Field & Lorentz Force
- Review Exam 1
- Moving Charges in B-Fields
- Biot-Savart Law
- Ampere's Law & Solenoids
- Faraday's Law & Lenz Law
- Motional Electromotive Force
- Displacement Current
- Superconductivity and Levitating Bullet Trains
- Inductance & Magnetic Field Energy
- Dia-, Para- & Ferromagnetism
- Maxwell's Equations
- Review Exam 2
- Transformers & RC Circuits
- Resonance & Driven LRC Circuit
- Traveling Waves & Standing Waves
- Electromagnetic Waves and Radar and Lasers
- Polarization & Oscillating Charges
- Color and Reflection
- Polarizers
- Rainbows
- Review Exam 3
- Interferometers
- Telescopes
- Doppler Effect & The Big Bang
- My Early Astronomy Research Years at MIT
Course Description
8.02 is a second-semester freshman physics class in electromagnetism. The 36 video lectures on Electricity and Magnetism, by Professor Lewin, were recorded on the MIT campus during the Spring of 2002. Prof. Lewin is well-known for his dynamic and engaging lecture style.
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I love this, im a freshman in highschool and wont take
physics for another 2 years...it pretty easy to understand
and interesting, how can one not love physics!