[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Dan Kleppner

[David Duff]

i took professor kleppener's physics course in my freshman year at MIT - or i should say the one taught from his textbook.  it was 8.012.    sadly, i had to settle for a young at that time little-known "substitute" lecturer however the year i took it ('82), prof. alan guth.    

very pleasant memories, indeed.

david

> On Jun 30, 2025, at 17:39, Daniel Silber via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:
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> Prof. Kleppner taught introductory freshman physics to me in the fall of 1968. It was a special course intended for people who already had taken AP Calculus in high school, so it was a little more sophisticated in the math used.
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> Kleppner taught it with another professor whose name I forgot. I do remember distinctly, a demonstration of conservation of momentum. Kleppner and the other professor entered the stage of 26-100 on roller skates, each holding the end of a rope. They had a "tug-of-war" with each other. As Kleppner was the lighter of the two, he was pulled across the center line very quickly.
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> I am glad that the Lexington Computer and Technology Group provided me an opportunity to remind Dan Kleppner of that class. I think he was pleased.
> 
> - Dan Silber