Special Relativity IV

Lecture Description

Lecture 4 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded May 5, 2008 at Stanford University.

Course Description

This Stanford Continuing Studies course is a six-quarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics. The topics covered in this course focus on classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, the general and special theories of relativity, electromagnatism, cosmology, black holes and statistical mechanics. While these courses build upon one another, each section of the course also stands on its own, and both individually and collectively they will allow the students to attain the "theoretical minnimum" for thinking intelligently about physics. Quantum theory governs the universe at its most basic level.

In the first half of the 20th century physics was turned on its head by the radical discoveriies of Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schroedinger. An entire new logical and mathematical foundation - quantum mechanics - eventually replaced classical physics. This course explores the quantum world, including the particle theory of light, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and the Schroedinger Equation. The course is taught by Leonard Susskind, the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University.

Course Index

1. Classical Mechanics I
2. Classical Mechanics II
3. Classical Mechanics III
4. Classical Mechanics IV
5. Classical Mechanics V
6. Classical Mechanics VI
7. Classical Mechanics VII
8. Classical Mechanics VIII
9. Classical Mechanics IX
10. Quantum Mechanics I
11. Quantum Mechanics II
12. Quantum Mechanics III
13. Quantum Mechanics IV
14. Quantum Mechanics V
15. Quantum Mechanics VI
16. Quantum Mechanics VII
17. Quantum Mechanics VIII
18. Quantum Mechanics IX
19. Quantum Mechanics X
20. Special Relativity I
21. Special Relativity II
22. Special Relativity III
23. Special Relativity IV
24. Special Relativity V
25. Special Relativity VI
26. Special Relativity VII
27. Special Relativity VIII
28. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity I
29. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity II
30. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity III
31. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity IV
32. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity V
33. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity VI
34. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity VII
35. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity VIII
36. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity IX
37. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity X
38. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity XI
39. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity XII
40. Cosmology I
41. Cosmology II
42. Cosmology III
43. Cosmology IV
44. Cosmology V
45. Cosmology VI
46. Cosmology VII
47. Cosmology VIII
48. Statistical Mechanics I
49. Statistical Mechanics II
50. Statistical Mechanics III
51. Statistical Mechanics IV
52. Statistical Mechanics V
53. Statistical Mechanics VI
54. Statistical Mechanics VII
55. Statistical Mechanics VIII
56. Statistical Mechanics IX
57. Statistical Mechanics X