Episodes
Leonard Susskind wraps up the lecture series by finishing his talk on particles and both electric and magnetic fields and how they relate to physics. (November 28, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses the some of the basic laws and ideas of modern physics. In this lecture, he dives into the topics of magnetic and electrostatic forces. (November 21, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses the some of the basic laws and ideas of modern physics. In this lecture, he focuses on Liouville's Theorem, which he describes as one of the basis for Hamiltonian mechanics. (November 7, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses the some of the basic laws and ideas of modern physics. In this lecture, he looks closely at the concept of angular momentum and Poisson Brackets. He derives the basic angular momentum equations. (November 14, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses different particle transformations as well as how to represent and analyze them using tools like the LaGrangian. (October 24, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses lagrangian functions as they relate to coordinate systems and forces in a system. (October 10, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses the some of the basic laws and ideas of modern physics. In this lecture, he focuses symmetry and conservation laws, including the principle of least action and Lagrangian methods. (October 17, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind gives a brief introduction to the mathematics behind physics including the addition and multiplication of vectors as well as velocity and acceleration in terms of particles. (September 26, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses the some of the basic laws and ideas of modern physics. In this lecture, he focuses on some of the incorrect laws of motion that were first proposed by Aristotle. (October 3, 2011)
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Leonard Susskind discusses the some of the basic laws and ideas of modern physics. In this lecture, he focuses on the motion of objects. (November 1, 2011)
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