Lecture 9 | Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics (Stanford)

Lecture 9 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded March 10, 2008 at Stanford University.

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

Complete playlist for the course:
http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=189C0DCE90CB6D81

Stanford Continuing Studies: http://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/

About Leonard Susskind: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/people/faculty/susskind_leonard.html

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[anjilong]

thank you Stanford u.

[auralium]

Félicitation pour cette vidéo !

Un trésor pour l'étudiant en physique.

Merci beaucoup.

[StAngersucks]

@bhigr Whatever floats your boat!

[bhigr]

@StAngersucks Oh, I am not the only one. We took turns in taking notes so everyone else could listen attentively.

[StAngersucks]

@bhigr I honestly think most people would benefit from using good note taking technique, I think there's studies on that, but let's just say that you're about the only one, aside from some really slacky slackers I know, that don't think taking notes help. But again, that's just me telling me that your things are just you.

[xtremetom180]

nice intro <3

[bbsonjohn]

It freaks me off when he said Michaelson-Morley experiment ><

[jamma246]

I find the following interesting:

In classical mechanics, to determine the state of the system at all times, you need to know the original position of the particle and it's momentum.

In QM, all you need to know is the position operator. Once you know that, you know the momentum too (as long as you don't disturb the system).

Quite interesting, poetically it's more deterministic!

[tanczosandras]

1:05:53

Simple things my ass.

[Emiffe]

I love that intro! Stanford, your the best!

[HelloIAmDaniel]

@bhigr each to their own I guess lol