Susskind Theoretical Minimum/Core Courses B

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A restoration of a good index into the lectures of Leonard Susskind (Stanford).

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Core Courses B (2007-2009)

Classical Mechanics B

• Lecture 1 - State diagrams and the nature of physical laws
• Lecture 2 - Newton's law, phase space, momentum and energy
• Lecture 3 - Lagrangian, least action, Euler-Lagrange equations
• Lecture 4 - Symmetry and conservation laws
• Lecture 5 - The Hamiltonian
• Lecture 6 - Hamilton's equations
• Lecture 7 - Liouville s theorem
• Lecture 8 - Poisson brackets
• Lecture 9 - Electric and magnetic fields 1
• Lecture 10 - Electric and magnetic fields 2

Quantum Mechanics B

• Lecture 1 - Introduction to quantum mechanics
• Lecture 2 - The basic logic of quantum mechanics
• Lecture 3 - Vector spaces and operators
• Lecture 4 - Time evolution of a quantum system
• Lecture 5 - Uncertainty, unitary evolution, and the Schrödinger equation
• Lecture 6 - Entanglement
• Lecture 7 - Entanglement and the nature of reality
• Lecture 8 - Particles moving in one dimension and their operators
• Lecture 9 - Fourier analysis applied to quantum mechanics and the uncertainty principle
• Lecture 10 - The uncertainty principle and classical analogs

Special Relativity B

• Lecture 1 - The Lorentz transformation
• Lecture 2 - Adding velocities
• Lecture 3 - Relativistic laws of motion and E = mc²
• Lecture 4 - Classical field theory
• Lecture 5 - Particles and fields
• Lecture 6 - The Lorentz force law
• Lecture 7 - The fundamental principles of physical laws
• Lecture 8 - Maxwell's equations
• Lecture 9 - Lagrangian for Maxwell's equations
• Lecture 10 - Connection between classical mechanics and field theory

General Relativity B

• Lecture 1 - The equivalence principle and tensor analysis
• Lecture 2 - Tensor mathematics
• Lecture 3 - Flatness and curvature
• Lecture 4 - Geodesics and gravity
• Lecture 5 - Metric for a gravitational field
• Lecture 6 - Black holes
• Lecture 7 - Falling in to a black hole
• Lecture 8 - Formation of a black hole
• Lecture 9 - Einstein field equations
• Lecture 10 - Gravity waves

Cosmology B

• Lecture 1 - The expanding (Newtonian) universe
• Lecture 2 - Matter and radiation dominated universes
• Lecture 3 - Geometries of space: flat, spherical, hyperbolic
• Lecture 4 - Cosmological thermodynamics
• Lecture 5 - Vacuum energy
• Lecture 6 - Dark matter and allocation of energy density
• Lecture 7 - Temperature history of the universe
• Lecture 8 - Baryogenesis
• Lecture 9 - Inflation
• Lecture 10 - Inhomogeneities and quantum fluctuations

Statistical Mechanics B

• Lecture 1 - Entropy and conservation of information
• Lecture 2 - Temperature
• Lecture 3 - Maximizing entropy
• Lecture 4 - The Boltzmann distribution
• Lecture 5 - Pressure of an ideal gas and fluctuations
• Lecture 6 - Weakly interacting gases, heat, and work
• Lecture 7 - Entropy vs. reversibility
• Lecture 8 - Entropy, reversibility, and magnetism
• Lecture 9 - Tbe Ising model
• Lecture 10 - Liquid-gas phase transition

See also

• The Theoretical Minimum Site