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General Relativity (Fall 2012, Stanford Univ.). Instructor: Professor Leonard Susskind.
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General relativity is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916 and the current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalises special relativity and Newton's law of universal gravitation, providing a unified description of gravity as a geometric property of space and time, or spacetime. In particular, the curvature of spacetime is directly related to the energy and momentum of whatever matter and radiation are present. This course uses the physics of black holes extensively to develop and illustrate the concepts of general relativity and curved spacetime. (from theoreticalminimum.com)
Course Currilcum
- Lecture 01 – The equivalence principle and tensor analysis Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Tensor mathematics Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Flatness and curvature Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Geodesics and gravity Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Metric for a gravitational field Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Black holes Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Falling in to a black hole Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Formation of a black hole Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – Einstein field equations Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – Gravity waves Unlimited
