Lecture

Einstein's General Theory of Relativity II

In this lecture, Professor Leonard Susskind of the Stanford University Physic's Department discusses dark energy, the tendency of it to tear atoms apart, and Gauss's Law.


Course Lectures
  • Classical Mechanics I
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded October 15, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics II
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 2 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded October 22, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics III
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 3 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded October 29, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics IV
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 4 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded November 5, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics V
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 5 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded November 12, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics VI
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 6 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded November 19, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics VII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 7 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded November 26, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics VIII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 8 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded December 17, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Classical Mechanics IX
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 9 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Classical Mechanics. Recorded December 20, 2007 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics I
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded January 14, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics II
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 2 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded January 21, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics III
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 3 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded January 28, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics V
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 5 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded February 11, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics VI
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 6 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded February 18, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics VII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 7 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded February 25, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics VIII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 8 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded March 3, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics IX
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 9 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded March 10, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Quantum Mechanics X
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 10 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded March 17, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Special Relativity I
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded April 14, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Special Relativity II
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 2 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded April 21, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Special Relativity III
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 3 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded April 28, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Special Relativity IV
    Leonard Susskind

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

  • Special Relativity V
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 5 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded May 12, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Special Relativity VI
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 6 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded May 19, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Special Relativity VII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 7 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded May 25, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Special Relativity VIII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 8 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Recorded June 9, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded September 22, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • In this lecture, Professor Leonard Susskind of the Stanford University Physic's Department discusses dark energy, the tendency of it to tear atoms apart, and Gauss's Law.

  • In this lecture, Leonard Susskind continues his discussion of Einstein's theory of general relativity. He also gives a broad overview of the field of tensor calculus and it's relation to the curvature and geometry of space-time.

  • October 13, 2008, Stanford's Felix Bloch Professor of Physics, Leonard Susskind, discusses covariant and contra variant indices, tensor arithmetic, algebra and calculus, and the geometry of expanding space time.

  • Lecture 5 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded October 20, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 6 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded October 27, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 7 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded November 3, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 8 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded November 10, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 9 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded November 17, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 10 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded November 24, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 11 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded December 1, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Lecture 12 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded December 9, 2008 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology I
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on Cosmology. Recorded January 13, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology II
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 2 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on Cosmology. Recorded January 19, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology III
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 3 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on Cosmology. Recorded January 26, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology IV
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 4 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on Cosmology. Recorded February 2, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology V
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 5 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on Cosmology. Recorded February 16, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology VI
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 6 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on Cosmology. Recorded March 2, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology VII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 7 of Leonard Susskind's course on Cosmology. Recorded March 9, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Cosmology VIII
    Leonard Susskind

    Lecture 8 of Leonard Susskind's course on Cosmology. Recorded March 16, 2009 at Stanford University.

  • Statistical Mechanics I
    Leonard Susskind

    March 30, 2009 - Leonard Susskind discusses the study of statistical analysis as calculating the probability of things subject to the constraints of a conserved quantity. Susskind introduces energy, entropy, temperature, and phase states as they relate directly to statistical mechanics.

  • Statistical Mechanics II
    Leonard Susskind

    April 6, 2009 - Leonard Susskind overviews elementary mathematics to define a method for understanding statistical mechanics.

  • Statistical Mechanics III
    Leonard Susskind

    April 13, 2009 - Leonard Susskind reviews the Lagrange multiplier, explains Boltzmann distribution and Helm-Holtz free energy before oulining into the theory of fluctuations.

  • Statistical Mechanics IV
    Leonard Susskind

    April 20, 2009 - Leonard Susskind explains how to calculate and define pressure, explores the formulas some of applications of Helm-Holtz free energy, and discusses the importance of the partition function.

  • Statistical Mechanics V
    Leonard Susskind

    April 27, 2009 - Leonard Susskind discusses the basic physics of the diatomic molecule and why you don't have to worry about its structure at low temperature. Susskind later explores a black hole thermodynamics.

  • Statistical Mechanics VI
    Leonard Susskind

    May 4, 2009 - Leonard Susskind explains the second law of thermodynamics, illustrates chaos, and discusses how the volume of phase space grows.

  • Statistical Mechanics VII
    Leonard Susskind

    May 11, 2009 - Leonard Susskind lectures on harmonic oscillators, quantum states, boxes of radiation and all associated computations such as wavelengths, volume, energy and temperature.

  • Statistical Mechanics VIII
    Leonard Susskind

    May 19, 2009 - Leonard Susskind lectures on a new class of systems, magnetic systems. He goes on to talk about mean field approximations of molecules in multidimensional lattice systems.

  • Statistical Mechanics IX
    Leonard Susskind

    May 25, 2009 - Leonard Susskind picks up on magnets, phase transitions, and mean field transitions. He goes on to explain chemical potential.

  • Statistical Mechanics X
    Leonard Susskind

    June 1, 2009 - Leonard Susskind presents the final lecture of Statistical Mechanics 10. In this lecture, he cover such topics as inflation, adiabatic transformation and thermal dynamic systems.