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Walter became a friend during my tenure at the MIT Museum.  He is truly 
brilliant, and had to be the best teacher I ever saw.  Check out 
http://mitworld.mit.edu/ to see him in action.
Beryl

Cricket Brooks wrote:
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> There is a fun article in yesterday's New York Times about an MIT
> physics professor who does compelling demonstrations of basic physics
> principles in his wildly popular classes.  Apparently some of his demos
> are available to view on youtube and his videotaped lectures are
> available free at the MIT website - it looks from the article like these
> could be of interest to science center educators.  I haven't had a
> chance to view his stuff yet, but from the article, I'm eager to go look
> this weekend.
>
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>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19physics.html?_r=1&oref=slo
> gin
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> or if the link doesn't work for you, search for Walter H. G. Lewin or
> MIT on the nyt webpage.
>
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>
> Enjoy,
>
> Cricket
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