CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Walter H.G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor, has long had a cult following at MIT. Now, he has emerged as an international Internet guru, thanks to the global classroom the ...

According to a report by the Boston Globe, as many as 10,000 people a day watched Lewin’s physics lectures. Lewin’s teaching style was considered “enlightening and rarely boring ...

At MIT, some said that they were being treated like high school students and even started a petition against the new physics classes. Students argued that the blind can't lead the blind, and that much ...

While teaching large physics lectures at MIT, Walter H. G. Lewin radiates enthusiasm. “And now, I’m going to blow your mind,” said Lewin before giving a lesson about electrical circuits that ...

After a Sexual Harassment Complaint, MIT Removed a Professor’s Online Lectures Retired professor Walter Lewin's physics videos were popular on the university's online education platform.

The lectures soon spread to YouTube, iTunes U, and Academic Earth, and in 2007 the New York Times caught wind of the traffic, profiling the physics professor in a front-page feature as an ...