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Newton's Laws, Vectors, and Reference Frames

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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 2.003SC Engineering Dynamics, Fall 2011, Prof. J. Kim Vandiver, Prof. David Gossard — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Order: the items appear in the order MIT's own session page lists them. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.

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  1. Lecture 1: History of Dynamics; Motion in Moving Reference FramesLecture video · transcript Watch
  2. Modeling in dynamicsLecture clip · 0:21–54:19 · 53:58 long · transcript Watch
  3. History of the study of dynamicsLecture clip · 3:45–54:19 · 50:34 long · transcript Watch
  4. An example deriving equations of motion using Newton's lawsLecture clip · 13:35–54:19 · 40:44 long · transcript Watch
  5. Introduction to kinematics using reference frames and vectorsLecture clip · 28:05–54:19 · 26:14 long · transcript Watch
  6. Moving frames: translation and rotationLecture clip · 35:05–54:19 · 19:14 long · transcript Watch
  7. Notation SystemsLecture video · transcript Watch
  8. Lecture 2: Newton's Laws and Describing the Kinematics of ParticlesLecture video · transcript Watch
  9. Purpose of concept questionsLecture clip · 0:21–1:11:09 · 1:10:48 long · transcript Watch
  10. Kinematics: describing the motion of particles and rigid bodiesLecture clip · 1:53–1:11:09 · 1:09:16 long · transcript Watch
  11. A review of Newton's three laws of motionLecture clip · 29:45–1:11:09 · 41:24 long · transcript Watch
  12. The importance of inertial reference framesLecture clip · 36:07–1:11:09 · 35:02 long · transcript Watch
  13. Newton's 3rd Law action and reaction forcesLecture clip · 58:44–1:11:09 · 12:25 long · transcript Watch
  14. The definition of center of massLecture clip · 1:05:35–1:11:09 · 5:34 long · transcript Watch
  15. The definition of center of rodLecture clip · 1:09:57–1:11:09 · 1:12 long · transcript Watch

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