A counterweight trebuchet, a medieval compound machine. Students in this class have to build a small trebuchet and demonstrate that it works. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Matthew Evans
MIT Course Number
8.223
As Taught In
January IAP 2017
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This undergraduate course is a broad, theoretical treatment of classical mechanics, useful in its own right for treating complex dynamical problems, but essential to understanding the foundations of quantum mechanics and statistical physics.