Einstein's General Theory of Relativity | Lecture 10

Lecture 10 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded November 24, 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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[OldSlimey]

0:42 that's the sound of a man whose brain couldn't handle a non-zero right side value.

[PILOTasRAHMAN]

he lost me at "here's space"

[willbirful]

This is a great video

[bbsonjohn]

@singularku my curiosity is: how people are not interested in how this world works?

[BreachedWall]

I know what all you guys are thinking: why explicitly does the Riemannian tensor measure the noncommutativity of the covariant derivative?

Don't be shy - admit it. We're all thinking the same thing. ;)

[cantabriver]

thank you susskind. youre lectures are the best!!!

[ThisIsItBing]

@landesal false.

[TheJscott314]

@singularku Hey, I'm a Dual Math and Physics major at my local Uni and it is certainly possible to gain the knowledge required to understand this subject. My tip is: take baby steps. Any subject seems esoteric when you don't have the understanding "up until that point." It'd be much like dropping a student that only understand algebra into a calculus class - he or she may understand some points but not the "higher" understanding the course entails. Fear not! It will come =)

[landesal]

@singhsikh99 you do understand that I was being sarcastic since 90 percent of college professors have beards, even the women, hence supporting the hypothesis that they are all fuckin boring.

[singhsikh99]

@landesal You know a professor is disciplined and wise if he or she has a beard. My proof? Well then actually watch the video.

[zhonlino]

its make me sleep with number.

[Josh5856]

@singularku Well possibly because this is a video from a world renowned university, and i think you'll find you are hugely mistaken when you said 'not many people are interested in this stuff'