Einstein's General Theory of Relativity | Lecture 4

October 13, 2008, Stanford's Felix Bloch Professor of Physics, Leonard Susskind, discusses covariant and contra variant indices, tensor arithmetic, algebra and calculus, and the geometry of expanding space time.

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

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

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

Stanford University Channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

Category:

Education

Tags:

• quantum
• physics
• mathematics
• theory
• science
• formula
• equation
• general
• relativity
• covariant
• index
• contra
• variant
• coordinate
• system
• cartesian
• minkowski
• function
• vector
• scaler
• derivative
• differential
• displacement
• gr

[dramon231]

i love how the students are getting quieter from one lecture to the next..

[hamderjakob]

omg. Is there a 5th lecture in this series of general relativity? I'm finally understandig things, which I didn't understand before... please post the next lectures!

[BagarozziBoi]

@Salmontres (+ itiianic) So prof. Sussekind is not in error, he is quite correct here, and i'm sure he's well aware of the formal linear algebra and differential geometry involved. Sure, always think for your self, challenge every statement and try to understand everything rather than taking things on "authority". But be careful and double check before you correct one such as Sussekind.... XD

[ilovephysics1122]

great lectures

[thegreeensky]

the best theory.. he's really fantastic... nicely discussed..

[adelle0001]

nice one!

[agapitoflores001]

Einstein was really great. He is really a foundation of Science.