Walter H. G. Lewin
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Walter H. G. Lewin is a Dutch astrophysicist and former MIT professor renowned for his engaging physics lectures and popular science communication.
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| Walter H. G. Lewin canonical | 1 |
| Walter Lewin | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
YouTube personality
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astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| affiliation | MIT Department of Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Delft University of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dutch ⓘ |
| familyName | Lewin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
X-ray astronomy
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astrophysics ⓘ high-energy astrophysics ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
astronomy
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physics ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
MIT OpenCourseWare
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YouTube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | students worldwide via online lectures ⓘ |
| knownFor |
engaging physics demonstrations
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online physics lectures ⓘ popularizing physics to a broad audience ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ |
| name | Walter H. G. Lewin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic lecture demonstrations such as swinging on a pendulum
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using live experiments in lectures ⓘ |
| notableWork |
For the Love of Physics
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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time – A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics NERFINISHED ⓘ MIT physics lecture series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
astrophysicist
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author ⓘ professor ⓘ science communicator ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Physics at MIT ⓘ |
| publicationType |
popular science book
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scientific paper ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
X-ray bursts
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binary X-ray sources ⓘ neutron stars ⓘ |
| teaches |
classical mechanics
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electricity and magnetism ⓘ vibrations and waves ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
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