Professor Susskind presents three possible geometries of homogeneous space: flat (infinite), spherical (positively curved and finite), hyperbolic (negatively curved and infinite). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Alternatively, though in my opinion less good, you could try MIT’s open courseware 8.04 which is Intro to Quantum Mechanics for physics majors at MIT. Professor Susskind introduces the theory of cosmological inflation under which the early universe underwent an exponential expansion during which it doubled in size every 10. However, this lecture focuses on the classical or Newtonian view of … The answer lies in theory of baryogenesis in the very early universe. Try Susskind’s ‘Advanced Quantum Mechanics’ which follows this first course and is equivalent to an upper division course on QM. Professor Susskind introduces the topic of modern Cosmology, which started with the discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation in 1964. He begins with the mathematical equations of a damped harmonic oscillator, and relates that simple system to... Geometries of space: flat, spherical, hyperbolic, Dark matter and allocation of energy density. The topics covered in this course focus on classical mechanics. Leonard Susskind received a PhD from Cornell University and has taught at Stanford since 1979. He has won both the Pregel Award from the New York Academy of Science and the J.J. Sakurai Prize in theoretical particle physics. The series “explores the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics," helping lifelong learners (like you) attain the “theoretical minimum” for thinking intelligently about modern physics. Beginning with the... After reviewing the basic equation for an expanding universe, Professor Susskind solves the equation explicitly for a zero energy universe, and then extends the derivation to universes with non-zero energy. All Rights Reserved. Using this energy density, Professor Susskind presents the thermodynamic equation of state which relates the energy density... After a review of the equations of state presented in the last lecture, Professor Susskind derives the density parameter for an energy dominated universe. Professor Susskind examines the temperature history of our universe. Professor Susskind develops the energy density allocation equation, and describes the historical progress of the effort to find the correct values for the terms in this equation. However, this lecture focuses on the classical or Newtonian view of the universe. Lectures in this Course. Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University.\r\rComplete playlist for the course:\rhttp://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=189C0DCE90CB6D81\r\rStanford Continuing Studies: http://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/\r\rAbout Leonard Susskind: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/people/faculty/susskind_leonard.html\r\rStanford University channel on YouTube:\rhttp://www.youtube.com/stanforduniversity Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Special Relativity. Below, you will find three courses (the first of eventually six) presented by Leonard Susskind, a Stanford physicist who helped conceptualize string theory and has waged a long-running "Black Hole War" with Stephen Hawking (see his new book on that subject here). For the past decade, Leonard Susskind, one of America's pre-eminent physicists, has taught a series of six courses in Stanford's Continuing Studies program. Along the way, students will take a close look at the Big Bang, the geometry of space-time, inflationary cosmology, cosmic microwave background, dark matter, dark energy, the anthropic principle, and the string theory landscape.