Special Relativity | Lecture 1
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2012
- (April 9, 2012) In the first lecture of the series Leonard Susskind discusses the concepts that will be covered throughout the course.
In 1905, while only twenty-six years old, Albert Einstein published "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" and effectively extended classical laws of relativity to all laws of physics, even electrodynamics. In this course, Professor Susskind takes a close look at the special theory of relativity and also at classical field theory. Concepts addressed here includes space-time and four-dimensional space-time, electromagnetic fields and their application to Maxwell's equations.
Originally presented in the Stanford Continuing Studies Program.
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I fell asleep watching different ways too cook an omelette and somehow woke up to this. I know I don’t belong here so I’ll see myself out hehe
I fell asleep with my phone on and this is what i found, not disappointed
Imagine getting lectured on special relativity by Prof. Susskind for free, what a time to be alive
I fell asleep listening to Veritasium and somehow ended up here when I woke up to this.
I’ve waken up to this video so many times I’m starting to sort of understand special relativity
Thank you Stanford University, having access to these lectures means more than you know. I was an average student in grade school who couldn't pinpoint what direction to follow and now at 28 it's clearer and although the signs have always been there I'm seeing and listening with clearer senses and again I'm so very grateful you have these lectures available for people like me. Education in this world is important more now than ever and I hope you all know how much value you're adding to the world by sharing knowledge. Thank you again so very much. I hope one day to be an official student. <3
Wondering why these kind of lectures help me sleep so well when I came to the ugly realization that it's most likely because it brings me back to a simpler time of... sleeping in class.
Thank you so much to whoever was behind the decision to film these and post them online for free. I'm going through it slowly but it's amazing to have the opportunity to watch these amazing lectures.
Countless times i have been studying length contraction
Professor Leonard Susskind is one of the fathers of string theory, I am happy to watch this lecture series.
I respect professors who go read the original work of scientists and turn it into an amusing lecture. I just enjoyed every second of this video. Thank you very much Sir
Many thanks to Stanford and Prof. Susskind. I've watched a few series, and I really love the way he explains things, in a very logical and simple way. Helped me understand many things that apparently were not as clear as they should have been to me!
It's actually amazing that working through deriving the way space and time relate to each other under coordinate transformations is extraordinarily clear and makes total sense, as long as the only special assumption is that the speed of light must remained fixed. Also, I've always wondered why Einstein would make that assumption in the first place, but his mention of thinking about Maxwell's Equations also makes total sense. You shouldn't be able to make the electromagnetic field vanish by moving fast enough.
Im using these videos to fall asleep too to hopefully learn something and get smarter the same way i learnt every word to every song i use to sleep
Thank you Dr Susskind. Posting this comment right at the top here as a high school physics teacher. The first 4 lectures are the perfect introduction for my students into special relativity, taught the way it was meant to be taught--straight from Einstein's paper, explained in common language. I show these first 4 videos every year at the end of our units on classical mechanics as a follow-up. The kids love them, and love Dr Susskind. Thank you thank you! Follow up--thank you for our list of Susskind-isms--"time is time is time is time", "derove", and who could forget poor Seymore, out there on his world line all alone waiting for a light ray.
This is a God sent seriously. Been reading through three books today and a lecture discussing the same topics u talked about in the first 11 minutes. Yours made so much sense - I really appreciate all the chronological science history as you teach. So many leave the little things out.
Below is an attempt at calculating how many people go on to complete all the lectures.
This first lecture really blew my mind the first time i saw. This isn't gold; it's platinum! Susskind continues to inspire my own teaching, and of course, my study of physics :)
I cannot think of physics without prof Suskind. It is amazing to see a genius like him teach being humble to the core despite his genius! He is exemplary in every way! God bless him and wish he gets his Nobel Prize which he richly deserves very soon!
Wow. when he got to the lorenz transformations I was just blown away. I had seen this before but seeing how einstein actually worked this through... it gave me chills. a true legend. thank you prof susskind.