Prof. Walter Lewin lights up 5 cigarettes to demonstrate Rayleigh scattering during a MIT lecture ✍️

"The blue color of the sky is due to the scattering of sunlight by the gases and particles in the atmosphere. The shorter wavelengths of light (blue) are scattered more than the longer wavelengths (red)." — Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)

He’s incredibly talented, but it’s a tragedy how dull physics teachers can kill the greatest curiosity of all. Turning the wonder of the universe into boredom should be a crime.

Levin's mentor for the experiment:

Let's not forget

I only had 1 lecturer who had me leaning on the edge of my seat. A good lecturer is literally priceless. God speed Professor Small. Immunology is still my favourite subject. He would be delighted that someone finally described flagella motors.

Is he Dutch?

He's such an amazing lecturer.

He’s a Goat

Watched the entire series of his lectures on Youtube during lockdown.

A brilliant demonstration of Rayleigh scattering, we did not get this kind of demos while we were studying. Thanks for sharing.