NYT article on MIT physics professor Walter Lewin
At 71, MIT Physicist is a Web star
New York Times, Dec. 19, 2007
Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor who has long had a cult following at MIT, has now emerged as an international Internet guru with his videotaped physics lectures, free online on MIT's OpenCourseWare.
MIT recently expanded its online classes by opening a site aimed at high school students and teachers.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/19/education/19physics.html?_r=1&oref=slogin