8 years ago I was a 29 year old adult who never took a physics class in my life and happened to watch one of his lectures some random late night. I ended up watching the entire semester of lectures, and eventually watched every physics lecture I could find before going back to college as a freshman in physics. I ended up publishing three papers in atomic physics and leaving with a Masters in physics 3 years ago. Not sure if he'll ever see this post, but my life is very different today because of Walter Lewin
He won't see a comment on a reuploaded video of his lecture. But if you sent him a letter telling the exact same thing then I'm sure he would appreciate it greatly right now :)
Damn, you weren't lying.Sucks, guy was a great teacher and now many will only know him as a predator of his students. www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/23/complainant-unprecedented-walter-lewin-sexual-harassment-case-comes-forward
@@saminhaque13-52 Rechard Feynman was a world class physicst and had made many contributions in physics.. Go search about him to know more, he wasn't great just because of his knowledge and imagination but also for having a unique philosophy of things in life..
With no context, it just looks like an old man rocketing himself across a room using an old bicycle and fire extinguisher and then 2000 people start applauding him like they just saw real physics for the first time. But I know this video has a much deeper meaning...
@@josephdaniels3969 Well it is a fact he was caught by the university asking his young female students for compromising pictures of themselves. He was responsible for marking their courses. The university kicked him out. These are all facts. You can draw your own conclusions. No proof required of anything when facts are known.
@@jamesaddison81 wait are u serious.. Oh my god... He is such a good soul.. Is this for real? I've lost belief in humanity now.. Wow.. This has shocked me beyond so many levels...can u pls reply if this news is real?
@@jamesaddison81 yeah i just did.. MIT stripped him off his professor emeritus title after investigation.. Why did he have to do that!! I love physics and a therefore he is literally physics in human form and i couldn't believe there was an ounce of uglyness in him.. God.. This is horrible.. What he did is horrible..
+Mason Friday I Attended his late 2000 classes on introductory and AP physics as an off campus student (I was in high school and decided to take college courses early). He put mathematics and the sciences in a whole new light for countless students.
I don't care what kind of "bad" things Prof. Lewin has been accused of. He is absolutely brilliant. He has a gift of being able to teach that cannot be topped. If there were more that were even capable of being able to teach half as well as he imagine how amazing the educational system would be. He could give a lecture on the drying of paint and make it interesting and educational.
Yeah school would be fun again! Before I watched his lectures I was like... Nope I don't like phsics that much but now.. I'm soooooooo excited about it everytime we got it :D
The worst thing is, he got fired because of some really unimportant thing; I believe he was accused by a young girl that we had "sexually harassing" her online. Now, even if that is true, no one outside the US would even write him up for such bullsh*t reason.
My physics teacher: you have to learn or remember these things. They actually completely remove my interest in physics. I AM ACTUALLY STILL IN LOVE WITH PHYSICS BECAUSE OF YOU SIR. WE ALL NEED A TEACHER LIKE YOU IN OUR LIVES THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION IN MY LIFE . THANK YOU SOO MUCH AGAIN WALTER LEWIN SIR.
Such a very dedicated man for his profession.. He really loves teaching... wish that I'm one of his students.I'll never get bored and inspired everyday to attend his class. What a very realistic way of teaching.. Salute for you professor 😘😘😘😘
Aritra Gupta but even if they are as talented they won't be able to show that up since there are no institutes which provide them with the instruments for practical demonstrations.I doubt if even IIT does so..Our study system is basically marks and report oriented whereas research and practicals are barely taken into consideration..
In my school days, I had a physics teacher who was also a monk with Ramakrishna mission and he would make the class interesting with his practical lectures. Very fortunate me.
No, thank you professor for all those you have inspired, mentored, and taught, both at MIT and through the Internet. May YahWeh bless your life and fill the rest of it with great joy and understanding.
Education has always been a powerful tool with the help of teachers. But the education system nowadays is not good. It is hard to find the loopholes of the system with good teachers. But there is one in our education system currently
The man rocks!!!! I wish I had him as a prof for physics. Even though I got an A+ in first year physics, my prof was very good. But he never did demos like this man!!!!
I came onto the Walter Lewin scene too late. At school our physics lessons were of the type 'Page 15 2nd Para is very important for the exams' with silly exams to boot and I came to hate it. I can honestly say if I were exposed to these lectures during my senior school, I would have given my very best to qualify for MIT so I could attend The Master's classes in person.
This was his last demonstration at the end of his last lecture before retiring - hence the applause from such a full hall. He is a great man, but made some grave errors which MIT investigated concerning online messages to female students. Whilst it was wrong, I believe no-one was 'damaged for life' by his actions, as some posters below seem to compare with others who caused such. Sad really, but he brought so much knowledge to so many.
+Furkan Baran If you refer to the full lecture, he indicates he wanted to leave his final lecture on his very own rocket ship and then brings out the tricycle. I believe it was meant to be symbolic.
8 years ago I was a 29 year old adult who never took a physics class in my life and happened to watch one of his lectures some random late night.
I ended up watching the entire semester of lectures, and eventually watched every physics lecture I could find before going back to college as a freshman in physics.
I ended up publishing three papers in atomic physics and leaving with a Masters in physics 3 years ago.
Not sure if he'll ever see this post, but my life is very different today because of Walter Lewin
That's awesome man!
+troponinnutrition that's very inspiring. proof that u can start at any age. ty for sharing
he has got his own channel ----lectures by Walter Lewis they will make u love physics... u can thank him there... he responds to comments.
He won't see a comment on a reuploaded video of his lecture.
But if you sent him a letter telling the exact same thing then I'm sure he would appreciate it greatly right now :)
The happiest people are the ones who find their passion.
If there was a Nobel prize for teaching
Professor Walter deserved one undoubtedly!
yeah, you are right..
Very Very True !!
Damn, you weren't lying.Sucks, guy was a great teacher and now many will only know him as a predator of his students. www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/23/complainant-unprecedented-walter-lewin-sexual-harassment-case-comes-forward
Hassan alkash No Sheldon deserves it more.
Well ... I think it should be...
Walter lewin once said:
"the teacher who makes physics look boring is a criminal"
Walter Lewin once did:
"The teacher who abuses women, especially mentally vulnerable is not a criminal"
@@strateeg32 what
It was said by Feynman
He cries that was his last lecture in that room after 20 years. (RM 20100)
So boring
@@hwiwo lol I don't even remember writing this I was so young lol
@@taylorcoleman1964 you are young yet
@@hwiwo But, you're old...
@@taylorcoleman1964 you're still alive. WOW
He should have said:"And by the law of conservation of momentum i will be going toward my pension.".
hahahahaha!! I am dying
HAHAHAHA
Hahaha
hahahaha... if money could give him as much pleasure as teaching. I doubt it!
I don't think he was thinking in money at that momentum.
His tears clearly show his passion. Prof. Lewin shall remain to be loved and admired!
Lol after 5 years this is your 1st reply 😆
ruclips.net/channel/UClhjbyzUE21j-ZvbAuyNNLw
Richard feynmann would have been proud of him.
Iconically true
@@saminhaque13-52 dumbass it's iconic
@@saminhaque13-52 Feynmann is also an iconic teacher, known for his methods
@@saminhaque13-52 Rechard Feynman was a world class physicst and had made many contributions in physics.. Go search about him to know more, he wasn't great just because of his knowledge and imagination but also for having a unique philosophy of things in life..
Yes bro
not all young people waste their time in front of the tv
Some, like me, do it in front of a computer
Manish Bhatia lmao
Manish Bhatia genius hahahaha
+Manish Bhatia well im using Tv as my monitor sooo ;/
Jim Jose You beat the system, bro.
*universe implodes
Now son, look that's how you live a life
If he's interested in physics and teaching
@@rahulsreekumar2562 everyone is interested in physics as soon as one can gangsta on a bike like that !
Hello bro :)( from Vietnam
@@xuananle4499 From India
@Shadow Knight đông lào not đồng bào
With no context, it just looks like an old man rocketing himself across a room using an old bicycle and fire extinguisher and then 2000 people start applauding him like they just saw real physics for the first time.
But I know this video has a much deeper meaning...
@IMJUSTJZ He is one of the greatest physics lecturers of all time, he has quite the legacy
This made me cackle
You just read my mind
That’s exactly what I see
@IMJUSTJZ that was his last lecture in that college
I WISHED I HAD HAS SUCH A PROFESSOR IN PHYSICS IN MY UNIVERSITY LIKE DE LEWINS.
rene pinto transfer to MIT
I bet you wish you didn't. He was thrown out of the university for trying to use his teaching leverage to get nude pictures of female students.
@@PreservationEnthusiast is there any proof of that? We all know that there are a lot of false accusations out there.
@@josephdaniels3969 Well it is a fact he was caught by the university asking his young female students for compromising pictures of themselves. He was responsible for marking their courses. The university kicked him out. These are all facts. You can draw your own conclusions. No proof required of anything when facts are known.
I want tooo
When you spend your whole life studying and teaching what you are truly passionate about, I swear I will cry too during my last lecture.
Passion and Obsession Walter Lewin you are a great teacher. I love your teaching. I wish I could have attended your lecture live. God bless
same
@@yogeshgajadur7362 hello....I don't know but you will feel good to see your comment after 5 year....
@@yogeshgajadur7362 now its 6 yrs after two weeks damn.
I wish I had a teacher like him. He’s everything a student wants.
Man he guided lots of PhD students 🙏 and made em scientist 🥺 what an freaking legend 🥺 it's hard to see him on tears 😭
Legend ...Teaching Physics in Pratical way..
We Indians Love to watch him🙏
Thank You Sir❤
Waiting for the introduction of Lewin award in teaching
Yes bro
Judging that he was accused of sexual harassment I don’t think an award in his name will be happening anytime soon.
@@jamesaddison81 wait are u serious..
Oh my god... He is such a good soul..
Is this for real?
I've lost belief in humanity now..
Wow.. This has shocked me beyond so many levels...can u pls reply if this news is real?
@@shilparamanaryan3652 google it, it’s true.
@@jamesaddison81 yeah i just did.. MIT stripped him off his professor emeritus title after investigation..
Why did he have to do that!!
I love physics and a therefore he is literally physics in human form and i couldn't believe there was an ounce of uglyness in him..
God.. This is horrible.. What he did is horrible..
I really will miss him; by far my favorite professor.
+Boltzmann when were u in his class?
+Mason Friday I Attended his late 2000 classes on introductory and AP physics as an off campus student (I was in high school and decided to take college courses early). He put mathematics and the sciences in a whole new light for countless students.
Beef boy god damn you’re lucky man
Is he dead?
Save Kualas no
I don't care what kind of "bad" things Prof. Lewin has been accused of. He is absolutely brilliant. He has a gift of being able to teach that cannot be topped. If there were more that were even capable of being able to teach half as well as he imagine how amazing the educational system would be. He could give a lecture on the drying of paint and make it interesting and educational.
+heelfan1234 Likely most accusations were false. Either way I'm a dirty old man too.
Yeah school would be fun again! Before I watched his lectures I was like... Nope I don't like phsics that much but now.. I'm soooooooo excited about it everytime we got it :D
He reminds me of Richard Feynman.
The worst thing is, he got fired because of some really unimportant thing; I believe he was accused by a young girl that we had "sexually harassing" her online. Now, even if that is true, no one outside the US would even write him up for such bullsh*t reason.
Do you really think MIT would have let him go if the incident was not serious?
He's rapid fire dotted line master.
Lucky people those who got chance of studying physics from a living legend.
His lectures are on RUclips so everyone is lucky
First you had to get accepted by MIT
@@nithin1729s p
D vui
I respect this man so much that my elders at home are jealous
Hard to find passionate teachers nowadays. If you find one always make them feel special that is all they want Love ❤️
My physics teacher: you have to learn or remember these things. They actually completely remove my interest in physics.
I AM ACTUALLY STILL IN LOVE WITH PHYSICS BECAUSE OF YOU SIR.
WE ALL NEED A TEACHER LIKE YOU IN OUR LIVES
THANK YOU SO MUCH SIR YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION IN MY LIFE .
THANK YOU SOO MUCH AGAIN WALTER LEWIN SIR.
If I hadn't read the comments, I would've thought that these people were all very easily impressed
Much deserved standing ovation for such a brilliant mind :)
I could never find a teacher like him in my entire life really.
Such a very dedicated man for his profession.. He really loves teaching... wish that I'm one of his students.I'll never get bored and inspired everyday to attend his class. What a very realistic way of teaching.. Salute for you professor 😘😘😘😘
this sir and denis auroux are the best professors in the fucking history of MIT
Furion L
Too late
sad it doesn't happen in india.. not atleast where i study..
No doubt there are good teachers in India as well, but just like you, I never came across one... :(
Aritra Gupta but even if they are as talented they won't be able to show that up since there are no institutes which provide them with the instruments for practical demonstrations.I doubt if even IIT does so..Our study system is basically marks and report oriented whereas research and practicals are barely taken into consideration..
Yash Mente agreed mate
In my school days, I had a physics teacher who was also a monk with Ramakrishna mission and he would make the class interesting with his practical lectures. Very fortunate me.
Yash Mente IIT is nothing. You need to go to places like ISI, CMI, TIFR, etc to find really great teachers.
I wish if i had a great professor like him...His students are very lucky to have him in the classroom.♥️♥️♥️
u r great sir
if all people r dedicated like u our situation had all ready been changed
Sad only actors and politicians get such appreciation in India 😢
No, thank you professor for all those you have inspired, mentored, and taught, both at MIT and through the Internet. May YahWeh bless your life and fill the rest of it with great joy and understanding.
Teachers passion pass on the love of learning so that knowledge can overcome ignorance. This man is brilliant simply demonstrated by those attending
Now that man truly love's science and it is emotionally and physically fun for him. What an extraordinary human being and a mind to match. 🥰🤯😍
I've only seen a few of your videos walter, but you are probably one of my favorite people.
During my puc I never got such lecturer..today I am an engineer but by seeing his teaching oh man I wanna learn physics again
pi=3 right?
@@yadmustafa5049 22/7 ;)
@@vedantkokate971 necert books ruined your knowledge it is an approximation and even the meaning of irrational means not in the form of p/q
@@plutoniumisotope205 Abe pata hai,aathvi me hai kya?
One of The Best Professors in the History of Mankind.
I have seen manu of his lectures which taught me Physics which I didn't like in my school days.
This looks like like the ending of an inspirational movie. All it's missing is a nice soundtrack
this shows that education still is a very powerfull tool..............
Education has always been a powerful tool with the help of teachers. But the education system nowadays is not good. It is hard to find the loopholes of the system with good teachers. But there is one in our education system currently
Rightly said
I'm from Kashmir , the distance between us is very huge but our hearts are close to each other.
Beautifully said.
Wow that's a amazing and interested class. U r so great sir
he is such a great teacher ....god bless him
i was a little less emotional when I learned Newton's third law of motion
I enjoy so much watching his lecture, he really made my life... I am (b.tech) a physics teacher now
same brother
Physics is a Beautiful Beautiful thing. And this ornament makes it The Most Beautiful thing in the world.. Love You Walter Lewin💗💗
Love and respect sir 🙏
We do have such teachers here at IITB EE but he's in a different league altogether 👍🏻
I have never seen or heard of this man before yet I have tears in my eyes watching this video
You r a great teacher........love and respect from India
Wonder ful practical teacher I have ever seen...... Love from Pakistan....
Legendary professor.
3 Legends of Physics-
1) HC VERMA SIR
2) PHYSICS WALLAH SIR
3)WALTER LEVIN SIR
Hats off dear sir..🥺❤️
This is a fully dedicated professor deserving all love and respect
Recommended after 7 years
Mine 2
I dnt undrstnd what is going on
Any Alakh pandey viewers ???
Mee
Got worldwide Fans. Huge Respect
This man is in gratitude vibration.....it will create miracles in your life if you find and move into that vibration.
I had teacher who would walk in draw something on the board explain it say read chapter 2 test friday and leave. I’m jealous
this is happiness
Stay at home
Love your sir from India
❣️ FROM 🇮🇳 sir 🙏
whatever were they thinking when they removed this great lecturer as emeritus, I don't know :(
They were probably thinking something like “let’s not pay this guy who abuses female students anymore.”
To understand nature (at least the Newtonian one) you have to play with it! He did it!
Legend has it Lewin won the Nobel prize for the coolest shirt
The man rocks!!!! I wish I had him as a prof for physics. Even though I got an A+ in first year physics, my prof was very good. But he never did demos like this man!!!!
Simply love him....May Allah bless him nd grant him a long and happy life...Love from KASHMIR.....Wish I cud meet him personally...
I came onto the Walter Lewin scene too late. At school our physics lessons were of the type 'Page 15 2nd Para is very important for the exams' with silly exams to boot and I came to hate it. I can honestly say if I were exposed to these lectures during my senior school, I would have given my very best to qualify for MIT so I could attend The Master's classes in person.
MIT provides need-blind financial aid to those who are in need. You should have researched further. I am going to apply to MIT this year.
Loved the way walter sir explained😍
My heart goes out to this personality 💕
This almost bought tears in my eyes
I want the same shirt !
Thank you so much
Really grateful
0:34 Arpit Joshi
What a legend !
A classic example for "selflessness"... cant thank enough
Great mentor, i wish i had one
This was his last demonstration at the end of his last lecture before retiring - hence the applause from such a full hall. He is a great man, but made some grave errors which MIT investigated concerning online messages to female students. Whilst it was wrong, I believe no-one was 'damaged for life' by his actions, as some posters below seem to compare with others who caused such. Sad really, but he brought so much knowledge to so many.
0:14 *When the class clown becomes the teacher...*
You are amazing, Mr. Walter Lewin
great teacher.....love you sir...
No one mentioned what this demonstration was for but it seems like Newton's 3rd law.
this is probably about momentum
+Furkan Baran If you refer to the full lecture, he indicates he wanted to leave his final lecture on his very own rocket ship and then brings out the tricycle. I believe it was meant to be symbolic.
Doğru
This demonstrates conservation of linear momentum.
Did you really think 'it seems like' when you have a pic of Newton in our profile?
This video is pretty hilariously weird without context
AWESOME PHYSICS TEACHER EVER SCENE IN MY LIFE
👍👍👍👍👍♥️
thanks so much proffesor Lewin
is he crying because the bicycle trick didn't work well?!
+King Parodije
no the trick demonstrated well the Principle of momentum , but he cries cuz this was his last lecture in this hall
it was his last lecture
he wasn't crying he was sweating from his eyes
lmao
I guess a Newton's 3rd law demo is a good finale for a physics lecturer, and his reaction was equal to the applause.
?Need context... Why was he in tears
last lecture
just because of HIM i got a really unstoppable craze on MIT !!!!
Relationship between a Guru and his student should always be like this ❤️❤️
world's first and last extraordinary professor .
nope. The first was Richard Feynman.
Why is he crying??
Is it his retirement day
Yes
He was the reason I loved learning physics and mechanics
after 10 years I am seeing this
Why was he crying though??
justinBieber VEVO That was the last lecture in the hall. Search it on RUclips. He is a great professor!
hang on, wasn't he accused of sexual harassment and striped of all his MIT titles?
Yes, he made some sexually explicit comments to a woman online (37 year old adult I believe). That's all it takes to get you crucified these days.
OMG.. I'm speechless
Is there any evidence that Prof. Walter Lewin did any of that stuff? I really want to know and see for myself.
RC-1138 I do think there is but I think he just dismissed it as a joke.
TheAmmoniacal As long as feminists live, No wonder I may get crucified too for this comment :P.
No matter what WALTER LEWIN IS A LEGEND.
Behaves like a magician. Amazed by the secret technique he possesses. Genius!
Your're great . M.b 🌹♥️