So it seems like a good time to update the video lecture section. This week I would like to present one of my favorite courses from Stanford university. It is a course on General Relativity by Leonard Susskind. I like the course mostly because it’s really hard to find a course, which does not require much knowledge on GR to begin with. And this course, I’m glad to say, satisfies such this criteria. The course concentrates on Einstein’s...
“Einstein theory thriumphs!” announced the New York Times headline back in November 10 1919. It was celebrating the famous confirmation of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which was confirmed by observing the bending of light by the sun during the solar eclipse. Einstein became a celebrity all over the world instantly. As the headline says no more than 12 men could understand Einsteins revolutionary work back in those days and even that number...
Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity are the two great pinacles of theoretical physics. And despite the fact that they are perhaps the most used theories in modern physics, quantum mechanics and GR are quite tricky theories. They both predict some amazing phenomena, which is hard to comprehend. Nevertheless, these days many physicists are working hard to join the two theories in order to fully explain gravity, what happens in the inside...
Today I would like to review something a little bit more serious. This is a book by Shlomo Zvi Sternebrg called “Curvature in Mathematics and Physics”. As you might have already guessed, it’s a textbook which mostly deals with semi-Riemannian geometry and its applications. It’s a very interesting yet complex field of mathematics, however I think Sternberg did a great job of explaining the mathematical concepts as simply as it is possible. Author: Shlomo Sternberg Paperback:...
So this time let’s check out something a little bit more serious. I would like review this great book on the basics of GR and cosmology by Tai L. Chow. I’ve read quite a few guides on general and special theories of relativity and I can assure you that it’s quite hard to find a book on this subject that will suit your needs. If you’re a student and would like to learn this...
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