Walter Lewin's Dotted Lines Explained!

Walter Lewin, Dutch astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), shows a friend how to draw his famous dotted chalk lines on a blackboard.

Recorded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012.

[Jackson-zjsz]

You know its a banger when the video:
• Is at least 4 years old
• Has more than 3 million views
• Is not searched up by you
• Is in your recommended section
• Is less than 2 minutes long
• Is uploaded to a channel with less than 100k subscribers
• Is uploaded to a channel with a very random name

[ricardobarrera]

I like how he goes: just the beginning”

[knine]

Parents: So what did you learn today?


Me: Pulls out chalk board* "This... is just the beginning".

[tek]

The world needs more professors like the man. He's so passionate, even about something so minor. One can only imagine the effort he puts into teaching.

[roachdoggjr]

Teachers and professors who are genuinely passionate about passing on knowledge, even when its just stuff like this, are so underappreicated but at the same time can change the course of a students life. If a teacher can ignite their passion into a student, it makes them work harder because they want to and will keep that up well past education. Dudes like is are just simply cool

[kendrickbritto]

Interviewer: why do you think we should hire you in our university?

Walter lewin:

[lucassalinas]

"But that's just the beginning" sounded so dramatic, as if he were opening our eyes to greatest secret known to man

[sam]

Professor: This special ability I have honed for many years, made huge sacrifices in my life, let me show you this magic.
Kid: Does it on first try.
Professor: Come with me kid, let me show you how gravity works from the roof.

[succotash]

Imagine being able to hold the chalk Walter just held

[CarsonJaggerFit]

My geometry teacher did this😂 and she didn’t think she did anything special but all the kids were like 🤯

[theultimatehoomanperson]

*Who came after the "He isn't even moving his hand" video?*

[ped]

He reminds me of my professor in uni.
Understanding, telling and patient. A man like that can change your whole life and the way you think

[NoLongo]

Any professor with hair and a shirt like that is going to be S tier.

[swenzybeatz]

Kid tries once

Does it

Him: Ight imma head out

[loenkei]

Sometimes geniuses aren't just the Einsteins and Newtons of this world. Sometimes it's your professor who can draw dotted lines effortlessly.

[vaishportrays]

Honestly, I have myself been really fascinated as a kid while my teachers used to draw dotted lines on board so quickly and flawlessly. This is a universal skill of the teachers.

[chase]

my god hes even teaching physics when hes not trying to teach physics

[jamiek]

You can just tell that this means a lot to him. It’s a neat trick to us but he clearly has this down to a science. It’s nice seeing people talk about things they care about.

[r.fo.]

This man has been putting knowledge on that chalk board for decades. Writing with that chalk is his bread n butter

[miggs]

1 minute of silence for whiteboard users