Susskind Theoretical Minimum/Core Courses B
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A restoration of a good index into the lectures of Leonard Susskind (Stanford).
Select from: All Courses Core Courses A (2007-2009) Core Courses B (2011-2013) Supplemental Courses
Core Courses B (2007-2009)
Classical Mechanics B
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- 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