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Course 5	Introduction to Motion Teacher: disqo This is a sequence of lessons teaching the basic theory behind motion and strategies for solving projectile motion problems. Most of the lessons are taught by Sal Khan from the Khan Academy Created: 17 April 2011, Subject: Physics, Science
Course 4	Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism Teacher: disqo This course is a video playlist of lectures by Walter Lewin of MIT.Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Course 0	Fundamentals of Physics Teacher: disqo This course is a video playlist of lectures by Ramamurti Shankar of Yale.Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Course 0	Physics I: Classical Mechanics Teacher: disqo This course is a video playlist of lectures by Walter Lewin of MIT.Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Interactive 5	The Nuclear Debate Teacher: disqo **Note the debate gets going about 6 minutes into the video.Created: 27 July 2011, Subject: Ecology, General Humanities, Physics, Political Science, Humanities, Science
Video 5	Newton's First Law of Motion Teacher: disqo Sal Khan's introduction to newton's first law of motion. Inertial frames of reference. Created: 21 April 2011, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 5	Newton's Third Law of Motion Teacher: disqo Intuition behind Newton's Third Law of Motion Created: 21 April 2011, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 4	The Wonderful Quantum World Teacher: disqo This lecture is devoted to discussion of the wonderful Quantum world. Classical Mechanics, in spite of all of its impressive predictive power, fails to explain many microscopic behaviors. This led... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 4	Introduction to Motion Teacher: disqo Sal Khan teaches an introduction to basic physics of motion. Introduces the concept of variable velocity/acceleration Created: 14 April 2011, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 3	Introduction to Motion (Part 2) Teacher: disqo Sal Khan with more on how velocity, distance, acceleration and time relate to each other. Created: 14 April 2011, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Fundamental Physics - Course Introduction and Newtonian Mechanics Teacher: disqo Professor Shankar introduces the course and answers student questions about the material and the requirements. He gives an overview of Newtonian mechanics and explains its two components:... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Vectors in Multiple Dimensions Teacher: disqo In this lecture, Professor Shankar discusses motion in more than one dimension. Vectors are introduced and discussed in multiple dimensions. Vector magnitude and direction are also explained. Null... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Newton's Laws of Motion Teacher: disqo This lecture introduces Newton's Laws of Motion. The First Law on inertia states that every object will remain in a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Newton's Laws (cont.) and Inclined Planes Teacher: disqo The lecture begins with the application of Newton's three laws, with the warning that they are not valid for objects that move at speeds comparable to the speed of light or objects that are... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Work-Energy Theorem and Law of Conservation of Energy Teacher: disqo The lecture begins with a review of the loop-the-loop problem. Professor Shankar then reviews basic terminology in relation to work, kinetic energy and potential energy. He then goes on to define... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Law of Conservation of Energy in Higher Dimensions Teacher: disqo The discussion on the Law of Conservation of Energy continues but is applied in higher dimensions. The notion of a function with two variables is reviewed. Conservative forces are explained and... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Kepler's Laws Teacher: disqo The focus of the lecture is problems of gravitational interaction. The three laws of Kepler are stated and explained. Planetary motion is discussed in general, and how this motion applies to the... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Dynamics of a Multiple-Body System and Law of Conservation of Momentum Teacher: disqo The dynamics of a many-body system is examined. Through a variety of examples, the professor demonstrates how to locate the center of mass and how to evaluate it for a number of objects. Finally,... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Rotations, Part I: Dynamics of Rigid Bodies Teacher: disqo Part I of Rotations. The lecture begins with examining rotation of rigid bodies in two dimensions. The concepts of "rotation" and "translation" are explained. The use of radians is introduced.... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science
Video 0	Rotations, Part II: Parallel Axis Theorem Teacher: disqo Part II of Rotations. The lecture begins with an explanation of the Parallel Axis Theorem and how it is applied in problems concerning rotation of rigid bodies. The moment of inertia of a disk is... Created: 27 June 2009, Subject: Physics, Science