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Einstein's General Theory of Relativity (Fall 2008, Stanford Univ.).

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Instructor: Professor Leonard Susskind. General relativity, or the general theory of 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. (from theoreticalminimum.com)

Course Currilcum

  • Lecture 01 – Newtonian Gravity and the equivalence principle Unlimited
  • Lecture 02 – Tidal forces and curvature Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Essential tools: tensors and the metric Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – Tensor mechanics Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – Covariant differentiation and geodesics Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – The flat space of special relativity Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – The Riemannian curvature tensor Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Equations of motion in curved space Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – Gravitation in the Newtonian approximation Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Energy-momentum tensor and Einstein’s equations Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – Accelerated coordinates Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – World lines and Schwarzschild solution Unlimited