Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation
A brief summary of the discovery of forms of ionizing radiation up to the 1932 discovery of the neutron. We introduce mass-energy equivalence for the first time and explain how these cutting-edge experiments (for their time) conclusively proved the existence of high-energy, ionizing radiation.
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Introduction to Einstein, Oppenheimer, Feynman: Physics in the 20th Century
Prof. Kaiser gives an introduction to the course, gives a course overview, and describes the course aims.
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Motivation, Intuition, and Examples
Introduction to the theory of metric spaces—the tool used to generalize the theory of real analysis from the real numbers to more abstract settings. Includes many classic examples of metric spaces and key terminology.
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Introduction to Superposition
In this lecture, Prof. Adams discusses a series of thought experiments involving "box apparatus" to illustrate the concepts of uncertainty and superposition, which are central to quantum mechanics. The first ten minutes are devoted to course information.
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History of Dynamics: Motion in Moving Reference Frames
This course is an introduction to the dynamics and vibrations of lumped-parameter models of mechanical systems. Topics covered include kinematics, force-momentum formulation for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion, work-energy concepts, virtual displacements and virtual work..
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How to Speak
Patrick Winston's How to Speak talk has been an MIT tradition for over 40 years. Offered every January, the talk is intended to improve your speaking ability in critical situations by teaching you a few heuristic rules.
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