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Best place for free education at an acceptable learning level

One of the greatest educational source I have ever found.

In this video professor Lewin does a great job of debunking common misconceptions of gravity (like the idea that heavy objects fall faster) with fun and intuitive experiments, It is a great introduction to physics concerning gravity.

In this video Professor Lewin thoroughly describes some of the simpler physics concepts of 1-d motion, If you have taken calculus you will probably be familiar with these concepts but it is still a good introduction to the format of Professor Lewin's videos, if you intend to watch more of them in the future.

All of the physics problems assigned in MIT's OCW 8.0.1 Physics courseware in this book, and I use it to learn more about how the world works. Great resource for highly motivated high school student and college students.

This is one of the books referenced by the MIT OpenCourseWare Physics class. It is an invaluable resource as it contains problems assigned in the course. These problems are used to ensure that we (students) are understanding the material and more importantly understanding what material we do not yet know.

A site which offers a number of flash animations on waves, vectors, optics, fluid mechanics, and more for physics.

"The idea is simple: to publish all of our course materials online and make them widely available to everyone." The one site we are currently using most in AP Physics (It mostly follows the curriculum of the AP test). We are watching 2 lectures per week

This video discussed the difference between absolute gravity and perceived gravity. It talked about how an object in free fall is weightless but still experiences gravity. It explained how G-force is not the same as gravity, because it can also be caused by acceleration, and it even showed some interesting experiments that demonstrate some of the concepts that were talked about.

In this video he discusses gases pascal's principle and in-compressible fluids. He has some good demonstrations of these principles, such as shooting a paint can filled with water to demonstrate that water is (almost) in-compressible.

In this video Professor Lewin does some awesome things, he discuses dimensional analysis in a way that makes dimensional analysis feel simple and intuitive. He explains some of its advantages and some of its weaknesses. This video was also generally a good introduction to the application of units, and scaling arguments.

In this video Professor Lewin does a great job of introducing some of the principles of rotation. He does several demonstrations of artificial gravity with a centrifuge and then with a bucket and rope. The video provides a great introduction to the mechanics of rotation.

The main point of this article is to go over what one person should do before brain surgery, such as by giving tips to keep yourself stress free during and after the operation, and what to eat after surgery. The purpose of the article is to make a list of things someone should do before undergoing brain surgery, because it can be a traumatic experience, and the author of the article wants only the best for the readers health. The author of the article tackles the issues of health, both mental and physical, attitude, and different ways to handle different situations you may be in before, during, and after the surgery; Essentially, the author goes over the right and wrong things to do in the situation where you require cranial surgery. And as for what the article is about? It is about 10 things to do before having brain surgery, but the article also discusses some things to do after the surgery as well.

The main point of this article is to go over what one person should do before brain surgery, such as by giving tips to keep yourself stress free during and after the operation, and what to eat after surgery. The purpose of the article is to make a list of things someone should do before undergoing brain surgery, because it can be a traumatic experience, and the author of the article wants only the best for the readers health. The author of the article tackles the issues of health, both mental and physical, attitude, and different ways to handle different situations you may be in before, during, and after the surgery; Essentially, the author goes over the right and wrong things to do in the situation where you require cranial surgery. And as for what the article is about? It is about 10 things to do before having brain surgery, but the article also discusses some things to do after the surgery as well.

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This videos discussed the differences between real images and virtual images, as well as the differences between diffuse and specular reflections, and even explains refraction and its applications in optics. It also walks you through using focus point definitions of curves to determine what type of image and where it will be or appear to be. Near the end it even shows you some actual calculations about the exact position of images.

Another great source of free knowledge at an easy reader learning level

This site allows you to look at hundreds of questions written by other people. There are many categories of questions, everything from Biology, to Mathematics, to computers, to Physics. Each question is answered by an expert in that field, and you can create your own questions if you are curious about something. Each question can have many replies, so you can see all sides to the answer, and it gives you a deeper understanding of the topic. I find this a useful source because it gives you interesting information by showing you popular questions. I find this site reliable because it is a government site with college professors responding, and because the information they give is consistent with what I get if I research outside of the site. I would recommend this to anyone doing scientific research for school, or to anyone interested in science in general.

"A bunch of physics educational videos made by David Santo Pietro (who tries to talk too fast sometimes and ends up sounding like he's trying to rap, or like a zombie, or like a zombie trying to rap)." These videos are great. The speed at which he talks enables him to cram tons of information in while still being understandable.

This is a site that is supposed to help people learn about the structure of the atom. It is also supposed to clear up any misconceptions about how the atom is organized and what it is made up of. This article talks about the particles that make up the protons and neutrons in the nucleus, and how electrons really orbit the an atom. This site is all about atoms and how the forces within them work, allowing them to bond together. I would recommend this site to anyone who wants to learn more about atoms, it has more information than we go into in class, so it would be helpful to anyone who wants to do extra work.