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Science happenings in Boston this week: Physics, hydrothermal vents and the Public Garden

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Walter Lewin is back with installments five and six of the eight lectures he’s taping for Japanese TV. The MIT professor known for his entertaining online lectures has come out of retirement to go live. Get there  — MIT’s Building 6 — early.  Read more

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Lewin LIVE! Physics superstar comes out of retirement for Japanese TV

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Lewin LIVE! Physics superstar comes out of retirement for Japanese TV

 With his European accent and electrically charged hair, Walter Lewin more than evokes the mad scientist of cartoons and B movies. For years, the MIT emeritus professor has been delivering silly, energetic, easy-to understand physics lectures. Videos of him swinging in front of the classroom on a huge pendulum went viral before anyone had coined the term.  Read more

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