Einstein's General Theory of Relativity | Lecture 11

Lecture 11 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded December 1, 2008 at Stanford University.

This Stanford Continuing Studies course is the fourth of a six-qarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics, focusing. The topics covered in this course focus on classical mechanics. Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University.

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[Zantorc]

Who put the tags on?

Schwarzschild not Schwarzchild

torus not taurus

Christoffel not Kristofel

Riemann not reamonn

[kataphysin]

very good lecture but spends way too much time to answer stupid questions.

[adelle0001]

nice one! thanks for this video!

[agapitoflores001]

Susskind is Einstein like. He knows a lot. May be he idolizes Einstein. That may be the reason why he is very passionate in teaching this.

[csmcmillion]

@TheGuyWhoToldMeToTel Kids? Most of the audience is as old as Susskind.

[TheGuyWhoToldMeToTel]

All the kids in his lectures seem to ask the darnedest things. I wish he would put up some sort of visual cue when he was answering questions so I would know when to start paying attention again.

[Anytus2007]

@kataphysin I don't know about you, but to me showing that General Relativity is consistent with the principle of least action is an important result

[Darrknox]

@SpecterReflector Americans?