[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Dan Kleppner

[Stan Rose]

This is the link to Alan Guth's talk

https://youtu.be/K1KbdtWHMHk?si=PmSD--25NdioYvSO

Stan

stan_rose at alum.mit.edu

On Tue, Jul 1, 2025, 10:48 AM John Rudy via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us> wrote:

> Alan graduated in 1968, a year after I did.  So in 78 or so he would only
> have been youngish.  The history of his early years is quite interesting
> and
> he gave a talk at our '67-'68 MIT lecture series about a year ago that
> should still be available.  Contact his classmate Paul Gluck for the link
> which I don't seem to have.
>
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> David Duff via LCTG
> Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2025 10:27 AM
> To: dasilber at gmail.com; Daniel Silber via LCTG <lctg at lists.toku.us>
> Cc: Steve Isenberg <smisenberg at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Dan Kleppner
>
> 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:
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
>
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