Einstein's General Theory of Relativity | Lecture 1

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  • Lecture 1 of Leonard Susskind's Modern Physics concentrating on General Relativity. Recorded September 22, 2008 at Stanford University.
    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:
    continuingstudies.stanford.edu/
    About Leonard Susskind:
    www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/...
    Stanford University Channel on TH-cam:
    / stanford

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  • @marcwatt355
    @marcwatt355 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4383

    We live in incredible times. With the click of a cell phone button I can view, for free, lectures such as these. Truly incredible.

    • @oneofspades
      @oneofspades 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Information to the masses. Knowledge belongs to no man but the people.

    • @SoumilSahu
      @SoumilSahu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Marc Watt a button? you have one of those in these "incredible times"?

    • @clouds5
      @clouds5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      You really have to go to a free online physics lecture to find people with the correct appreciation for the wonders of our modern world :) thx mate

    • @davide2711
      @davide2711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I was just thinking that

    • @abram7877
      @abram7877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Not the smartest comment, if they charge us next time for watching a lecture its on you!

  • @robertstanton860
    @robertstanton860 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2196

    Why is there always an intellectual battle in the comments of physics/math lectures? For one, these are not physics students, these are people who in their free time want to learn more about science without the rigorous math background. Two, if you are making fun of people for asking a lot of questions, you're a joke. Finally, if you really claim people are wannabes because they came here from interstellar or something get off your high horse. You're not a hipster because you knew about relativity and time dilation before interstellar came out. DO enjoy science, be happy others can enjoy science, and if you really are good at it, then HELP other enjoy science. DO NOT belittle others in a way to make yourself feel better, because guess what, you're watching this on youtube and I bet you're not formally educated on these things in any way. If you were you would see how insanely smart some of these kids are, and would respect that everyone is good in very different ways.

    • @dimitri196
      @dimitri196 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Only people who in fact aren't formally educated in physics come here to feel better about themselves . Why ? It's quite simple it makes them believe that there more educated it that department than they actually are , so they feel smarter . The reality is that without a rigorous background in mathematics , all those things only lead to superficial knowledge , that isn't of any use .
      Here you will also see students , who have the "horrendous" desire of wanting to make a revision or listen to how another professor explains it , who dare they ? And most importantly who dare they criticize ?

    • @hazardtg3008
      @hazardtg3008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      +Dimitri we just want to learn, I'm 16 I can't go to university and do theoretical physics; but I love reading about them all. Is that a problem.

    • @NinuRenee
      @NinuRenee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +I've walked the Divide i think he's projecting, we should let him be.

    • @dimitri196
      @dimitri196 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Everybody now back off , she knows how to project , all stand in awe of the mathematical genius or she will demonstrate her skills in Retraction , which will make Euler resurrect and kill us all .
      P.S. Psychology is witch-doctoring (Feynman)

    • @robertstanton860
      @robertstanton860 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Dimitri I'm formally educated in physics and I come here. So, how does that work. Also that must mean you think the people who are attending this course are in the same spot? Get over yourself man, you can learn a LOT about physics with no math. Will you understand it to the level that someone who sees where these equations were derived from? No, but you can get a large percentage of the understanding without that, and thats what a lot of people want. If you want those few final percentage points of understanding, great, get formally educated. Thats what I want too, but DONT shit on the people who enjoy this as a passive hobby.

  • @kevindinoneurociencia
    @kevindinoneurociencia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I really love how this kind of lecture is avaiable to everyone who wants.

  • @swornthekillerintown
    @swornthekillerintown 2 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    I was already into physics but his explanation was like clean. Perfect lecture.

  • @morscoronam3779
    @morscoronam3779 7 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    Seamlessly weaving a drink of coffee into the lecture. Truly a superior professor.

    • @espaciohexadimencionalsern3668
      @espaciohexadimencionalsern3668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i would do it too coffe brings a more awaking talking.

    • @drrydog
      @drrydog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      make it two coffees on each thumb, and two more In the hands. and you got it right.

    • @mishalshah8336
      @mishalshah8336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/jasV928pbPw/w-d-xo.html

    • @Wild-Wood
      @Wild-Wood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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      Edit: wtf I didn't even know i commented this or how i got to this vid most have happened when I was sleeping hahahaahahah

    • @dd-jm1md
      @dd-jm1md 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Wild-Wood yeah yeah. What've you been told before about tryin' to summon those forces...

  • @XQuber
    @XQuber 10 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    I like that guy. He completely knows what he is talking about, and in case he is not sure, he clearly says “I don't know”. I really like him.

    • @barristanselmy2758
      @barristanselmy2758 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love people like that.

    • @dblck9
      @dblck9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The wisest of the men will tell you they don't know something when they don't. Socrates was like that.

    • @larseriksson18
      @larseriksson18 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Goulg!

    • @angbukidnimarites2757
      @angbukidnimarites2757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Ofcourse he does..he is the famous Professor Leonard Susskind..he is the first theoritical physicist who introduced the string theory...

    • @syedaamirshah5110
      @syedaamirshah5110 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      falto

  • @davidgamer5471
    @davidgamer5471 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    a 14 year old here, thank you for this incredible lecture, very informative and wrote everything in my notebook. Thanks again!

    • @hannslunninger416
      @hannslunninger416 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nice to see that the youth is interested in science and philosophy! In your generation, you have the advantage of being able to choose the best lecturers thanks to the Internet media! Enjoy your hopefully lifelong studies, which will ultimately be a tremendous enrichment for your life!

    • @davidgamer5471
      @davidgamer5471 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@hannslunninger416 Thanks, i agreed with your comment and i think my generation really has everything on the internet, but also i think that my generation is also very addicted to social media and phones. At least there is still some that will always enjoy physics.

    • @lyotimachida5380
      @lyotimachida5380 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@davidgamer5471 Young Man, I am proud of you. Keep your head straight. It's your sophistication that makes me write to you as a 32 year old. If i sense this in you at your age; I can only imagine what you will become.

    • @adrianperez-martinez6292
      @adrianperez-martinez6292 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @david gamer same here bro. Also 14. I want to pursue engineering in the future, which is why I am studying this to get a head start in my Physics classes. Wish you luck man

    • @davidgamer5471
      @davidgamer5471 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lyotimachida5380 Thank you very much!

  • @ladiesnotfeminists9427
    @ladiesnotfeminists9427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    13 Years later and I can watch this lecture at home, in a whole different part of the world. Thank you

    • @PeterVanHertum
      @PeterVanHertum 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      are you from the future ?

    • @ladiesnotfeminists9427
      @ladiesnotfeminists9427 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@PeterVanHertum only relative to the video recording

    • @matthewryan9238
      @matthewryan9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Infamous Grizzly look up professor Dave ;)

    • @matthewryan9238
      @matthewryan9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Infamous Grizzly call him whatever you’d like.. it doesn’t change the fact that he’s right & you’re wrong.

    • @matthewryan9238
      @matthewryan9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Infamous Grizzly the irony

  • @KB-uv7wj
    @KB-uv7wj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +613

    At the age of 55 and with no physics qualification, I just found this enjoyable to listen to.

    • @llad
      @llad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      At the age of 67, it reminded me of my college physics classes

    • @waynedarronwalls6468
      @waynedarronwalls6468 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That is the great thing about Leonard Susskind, he describes complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion...and in an interesting way...

    • @Frank289100
      @Frank289100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @JinrokudaGod
      @JinrokudaGod 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Try this don’t think of math as calculations rather as a language watch him explain each variables/letters and what they mean in the equation he’s writing anything you can’t connect like an example would be What is M or a Or F or let’s say for instance Vector. Google it find out it’s meaning ok Vector in physics, a quantity that has both magnitude and direction. ... It is typically represented by an arrow whose direction is the same as that of the quantity and whose length is proportional to the quantity's magnitude. Now that you know the meaning you should be able to connect each equations, laws what so ever in a more simple way.
      Honestly I’m not completely sure if I make any sense in what I’m saying but for me I understand on some level what he’s explaining and I’m just a 24 year old Mechanic with a High school diploma but a man can dream of being an Astrophysicist.

    • @chillin127
      @chillin127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      K B, you’re 57 now. Just thought you should know.

  • @joechudleigh9378
    @joechudleigh9378 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1441

    Great lectures I'm so lucky to have access to them, thank you Stanford. I'm too old and broke to get another degree but love learning and this is priceless stuff.

    • @LifeByChocolates
      @LifeByChocolates 8 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Joe Chudleigh You're never too old.

    • @CaptainZhariff
      @CaptainZhariff 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Nothing can stop you from learning what you like :)

    • @johnytulanga2881
      @johnytulanga2881 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Joe Chudleigh You are damn right! jejejejeje

    • @Cyramor11
      @Cyramor11 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      just feel lucky you live in a time to have access to this great man

    • @mohammadmostafaii7535
      @mohammadmostafaii7535 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joe Chudleigh me too,sir.

  • @stanleyweber1163
    @stanleyweber1163 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    This guy is such a great lecturer. Not too fast or slow... Clear and concise...

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I watched his lecture over ten years ago on iTunes, along with several other lectures from Stanford. I am glad they have been brought over to TH-cam where there is a wider audience.

  • @michaelasta6628
    @michaelasta6628 9 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Susskind is a one-of-a-kind professor. He teaches in a very intuitive way yet helped to formulate the most complex theory known to man, String Theory. His lectures are so interesting and fun to comprehend.

    • @ultradudexd
      @ultradudexd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      String theory has not been proven.

    • @eragonshadeslayer1790
      @eragonshadeslayer1790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@ultradudexd Thats why its called a THEORY, genius

    • @arasedes3216
      @arasedes3216 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@eragonshadeslayer1790 Theory is not about being proven. Theory is used as hypothesis or guess in daily life conversations but this is just a misunderstanding. (see scientific theory)

    • @espaciohexadimencionalsern3668
      @espaciohexadimencionalsern3668 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      to began with hes entanglements are not corect - there not like lasagnna but X FORM HEXAGONAL CONE SHAPED.

    • @Frank289100
      @Frank289100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @leov4751
    @leov4751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +684

    Professor Suskind & Feynmann are people who can lecture about something in such a way that the beginner student understands while the advanced student gains deeper insight.

    • @Hey.bekind777y
      @Hey.bekind777y 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      this is pure junk. gravity is an unproven theory that has no basis in reality space is not a vacuum, there is an aether. the speed of light is the same coordinates as the pyramid of Giza.

    • @kO_EC_AMRITSINGHGILL
      @kO_EC_AMRITSINGHGILL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@Hey.bekind777y 😂😂😂

    • @mickmockedmack
      @mickmockedmack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@Hey.bekind777y If gravity is an unproven theory, then what keeps us in orbit with the sun? what keeps our arm in the milky way from separating from the galaxy itself? how would you personally describe entropy?
      Also, with the pyramids of Giza, that's only a bizarre (and very obvious, upon inspection) coincidence that arises from the speed of light being measured in SI units, meters per second. The speed of light used as a coordinate (only the north coordinate, 29.972°N) can correspond with the pyramids, but it can also correspond with anything on that coordinate line (think of it as like a ring around the Earth where you can place the coordinate). We could also choose the coordinate to represent the spend of light to be 2.99792°N (which would closer to the scientific way of writing the speed of light). We could also change the speed of light to natural units, in which case its respective coordinate would only be 1°N. We could switch the speed of light into feet per second or inches per second and get different results too for the respective coordinate.
      I hope this helps you see why that particular conspiracy theory is incorrect. If you have any questions about this feel free to ask :)

    • @THEBOSS-vn2ky
      @THEBOSS-vn2ky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So he's saying Earth is flat and there's a dome over us cannot measure a round surface using gravity impossible

    • @jpenneymrcoin6851
      @jpenneymrcoin6851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they have true understanding of their subject, something that can only be said of a very few people in the universe

  • @matthewgilbertlmft3837
    @matthewgilbertlmft3837 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I'm so grateful to attend your lecture, thank you, Professor!

  • @stellarwind1946
    @stellarwind1946 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Susskind is such a captivating, articulate speaker. Everything he talks about has me on the edge of my seat.

  • @student7650
    @student7650 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2139

    Dear Stanford University,
    Is this how students express that they are confused at Stanford:
    15:02 ?
    Sincerely,
    A Curious Undergraduate

    • @Casualbystander
      @Casualbystander 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      😂😂 why didn't this comment get more exposure?!😭

    • @jcdenton3806
      @jcdenton3806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      im diymgn kkkkkkkkkkkk

    • @jcdenton3806
      @jcdenton3806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      man i cant stop repeating this part help me

    • @tshepomashego9719
      @tshepomashego9719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This comment on LSD😂😂😂

    • @bobbibb5512
      @bobbibb5512 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Looool

  • @tm75_88
    @tm75_88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Hello Stanford and Prof.
    Italy here.
    I thank you so much for sharing this, both for a question of learning and for giving idea about a lesson in an Usa university.....particularly yours, that is very well known
    Prof. Susskind is just perfect in the role....very clear and energetic.
    Subtitles are perfect too
    I'm 45 years old..... I left Physics studies 20 years ago.
    I'm deciding to take them back, mostly due to some of italian universities that, broadcasting lessons, are giving me the idea and the will to do it. Now also from the academic world of the Usa.....it's all just special.
    Power of the web
    Thank you again🙏
    God bless the World
    Thomas from Italy

    • @dipanshuns
      @dipanshuns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hello Sir !
      I was just randomly going thorugh comments and got this One.
      I am 30y old and left my Physics studies 10 years ago due to some financial issues and lack of academic facculties here in India.
      But I have been planning going back into (Physics) again since 2019
      And Today I've came to know another conscious apect of getting back to Physics
      I'm feeling Cherished and Enlightened inside 🌚💪🏼
      Such an Elegant Time to be alive to witness all these free Knoledge through Internet ✨
      Thankyou 💫

    • @the420associate2
      @the420associate2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ooom. O

    • @noone-ip8qs
      @noone-ip8qs ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dipanshuns i hope you are doing good

    • @g.o.a.t4674
      @g.o.a.t4674 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@dipanshuns write tifr exam

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@noone-ip8qs THE CLEAR, MATHEMATICAL, INTEGRATED, EXTENSIVE, LOGICAL, BALANCED, AND IRREFUTABLE PROOF THAT ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is gravity:
      One, TWO, AND three dimensional SPACE are CLEARLY and perfectly consistent with what is E=MC2, TIME, AND what is GRAVITY. Consider what is THE EYE along WITH the fact that the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky ON BALANCE. (c squared CLEARLY represents a dimension of SPACE ON BALANCE !!!!) What is E=MC2 is taken directly from F=ma, AS gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy is CLEARLY (AND NECESSARILY) proven to be gravity (ON/IN BALANCE); AS the rotation of WHAT IS THE MOON matches it's revolution; AS the stars AND PLANETS are POINTS in the night sky ON BALANCE. Indeed, TIME is NECESSARILY possible/potential AND actual ON/IN BALANCE. Great.
      By Frank Martin DiMeglio

  • @RCrosbyLyles
    @RCrosbyLyles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Professor Susskind is so wonderfully patient. What a great teacher.

  • @HollomanUFOLanding
    @HollomanUFOLanding ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You can write what I know about physics on the back of a postage stamp but I love watching Dr. Susskind's presentations. Thank you so much for uploading them.

  • @cufflink44
    @cufflink44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It's my pleasure to add comment #4,000. Susskind is a joy--not only incredibly brilliant, but patient, funny, and beautifully clear. Such a gem. And how great to have these lectures available free of charge for anyone who's interested.

  • @kevinchieppo4208
    @kevinchieppo4208 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Just wanted to express how thankful I am for these lectures. I've watched many of Mr. Susskind's quantum mechanics lectures that I have yet to finish. I work as a software engineer, but I've always had a soft spot for physics and math. When I study this stuff, I feel like I'm playing.

    • @carl9939
      @carl9939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No problem

    • @BGDMusic
      @BGDMusic ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i half watch them for entertainment, half to learn cool things. i don't understand a lot of stuff related to this but i am slightly learning

    • @Karuska22ps
      @Karuska22ps 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Software engineering is easy.

    • @eunesshshahithakuri7047
      @eunesshshahithakuri7047 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Karuska22ps yeah easy and fun not everything should be sophisticated right

  • @RonI-oc4ql
    @RonI-oc4ql ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This lecture series is fantastic. When I took physics, general relativity was a side topic, quantum theory was the main event. Over the years, I've dug through references like Dirac, the huge Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler, others. Each one brings some new illumination. And this lecture series, starting from the most basic constant field of acceleration, has brought out some fundamental principles that I never before realized...just basic, like why a vector field derivative may not be the same in all coordinate systems. (Because the coordinate transformations themselves yield non-zero derivatives, which need to be removed using the Christoffel terms). Once I finish this set, I'm definitely up for others. Thanks Stanford.

  • @stevenhaff3332
    @stevenhaff3332 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for posting this! It is wonderful to see a noted professor working!

  • @DrDress
    @DrDress 5 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    If you are ever asked: "What's the great thing about the Internet?"
    You just answer: "Susskind. General Relativity. Free."

    • @Indic4Zone
      @Indic4Zone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      i see you are man of culture as well

    • @erictko85
      @erictko85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bountiful indeed.

    • @smuckleschmuckler2486
      @smuckleschmuckler2486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That's sus

    • @kmvattis
      @kmvattis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @kmvattis
      @kmvattis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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  • @MuratAkcakaya_dev
    @MuratAkcakaya_dev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The best lecture that I have ever encountered. While watching, I had all the questions that were to be answered in next minutes.

  • @lonathelonathe
    @lonathelonathe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    the internet is a blessing
    i am learning physics and mathematics to help explore the world and further humanity. i can’t wait to see where this will take me. ❤

  • @mugwumpgao
    @mugwumpgao 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is so clear. I understand the Gaussian theorem and Newtonian gravitational theory much deeper. I also understand what is divergence is and how it is applied to gravity.

  • @greg55666
    @greg55666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +313

    Legitimate questions are fine. Questions designed to show the teacher how smart you are drive me crazy.

    • @YuzuruA
      @YuzuruA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      yes, and it is not the only video with that. Dr Susskind must learn how to shut up some people

    • @markg7963
      @markg7963 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed

    • @thienle743
      @thienle743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Those questions clarify the subject, it helps looking from a different angle. If you don't see the benefit of such questions i don't see the point of having questions

    • @markg7963
      @markg7963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      turin turamba It interrupts the flow of information. The professor has worked very hard to format his approach to flow logically, and these questions break up that flow for everybody else in the room. Save your questions for the end. Be respectful.

    • @thienle743
      @thienle743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@markg7963 if you are a true scientist, especially theoretical physics you can talk for hours on different topics and then comes back to precisely where you left off as this professor demonstrated several times. Fresh minded students don't have that, and most ideas come spontaneously at the moment. If you have questions at the end it is pointless. At work I've seen too many meetings with silent questions at the end so im tired of those. And science is not about knowing or not knowing, it's about learning so no matter the question it is worth asking

  • @lovernotfighter
    @lovernotfighter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you Mr. Susskind, The subject is very difficult but your approach is very welcome. I can follow what you're explaining. I learned this subject years ago but had some areas that left me a bit confused. Your explanation is better for me to follow. So thank You very much.

  • @TahirAhmad-io6uw
    @TahirAhmad-io6uw ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The professor has a really nice approach to creating logical conclusions. You can follow through with whatever he says and make sense of what the nature of gravity actually is.

  • @TheAmishUpload
    @TheAmishUpload 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    i am determined to watch this until i understand it

    • @carrnil
      @carrnil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you understand it?

    • @THEBOSS-vn2ky
      @THEBOSS-vn2ky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's not round
      It's flat ?

    • @Frank289100
      @Frank289100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @daviddonaldson288
      @daviddonaldson288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Myles this is not an intro class u might need a newtonian physics or math catch up if your having trouble

    • @noelshaback7191
      @noelshaback7191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@daviddonaldson288 this is an intro class lol. I probably would have understood it with 0 prior knowledge. Speaks to how well Susskind knows the subject.

  • @selewatesse
    @selewatesse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I just want to say thank you for making this publicly available. It is a sheer joy to be able to follow the lecture.
    Thank you!

  • @Pan_Z
    @Pan_Z 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lecture is concise with a healthy amount of laymen's terms. Thanks for posting this Stanford.

  • @nenora
    @nenora 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still watch it even now. Thank you so much.

  • @spacewitchvulcan
    @spacewitchvulcan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is the best thing about the internet? Free Susskind lectures. Thank you Stanford 🤓

  • @tokonjudo
    @tokonjudo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    1:14 'let's keep it simple', my favourite part.

  • @UteChewb
    @UteChewb 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Susskind is a brilliant lecturer. He takes the time with the basics to get the underpinning concepts and philosophy right. If you skip over these things then the advanced stuff will leave you behind.

  • @michaelaldan4354
    @michaelaldan4354 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    brings me back to my Uni years...lovely lecture, will be following this, great lecturer!

  • @phishno2767
    @phishno2767 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is great! With my grades, I wouldn't qualify to sweep floors at Stanford, so thank you for posting this so less academically inclined individuals like myself can at least listen in on what smart people discuss.

    • @nadinesereda-sass158
      @nadinesereda-sass158 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Acedemic success relies on a students motivation

    • @MichaelSotoCE
      @MichaelSotoCE 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Grades don't much if anything to do with intelligence and the people at a private school like Stanford aren't necessarily smarter than people at a CSU. And in fact, the pain and theft inflicted and unleashed upon us after hundreds of years of Yale and Harvard grads suggests that you definitely shouldn't idolize these private school grads, in fact you should be skeptical

  • @giftyboy
    @giftyboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +797

    1st undergraduate fatality at 15:02

    • @tejj5957
      @tejj5957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      lmao

    • @alesiagrieve
      @alesiagrieve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      😂

    • @theshadeofjett
      @theshadeofjett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      i cant stop laughing

    • @erictko85
      @erictko85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      hahaha. I came to the comments about that sound. Thanks for clearing that up. Notice at 14:45 that Dr Susskind went over to check on it and said "eh I think it's alright"

    • @kevinmm20
      @kevinmm20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I can't describe how funny I found this comment to be

  • @pabloo.o1912
    @pabloo.o1912 8 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    Lecture 1: 1,940,000 views
    Lecture 2: 385,000 views
    *Edit*: in the same time lecture 1 has increased 200k views, lecture 2 just increased 5k.

    • @mohamedhashem7633
      @mohamedhashem7633 8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      +Pablo o.O people dropped the class "lol".

    • @dmasb
      @dmasb 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      rofl

    • @conforzo
      @conforzo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +143

      Kids who saw Interstellar and wanted to learn the mathematics behind General Relativity when they can't do calculus xD That's why

    • @jimkeller3868
      @jimkeller3868 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Says it all.

    • @Paretozen
      @Paretozen 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You made me cry Columbo Bumbo :'(

  • @alainbellemare2168
    @alainbellemare2168 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Never get tired of watching his lectures

  • @chi_chai
    @chi_chai 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good lecture, descriptions were detailed and informative.

  • @princeistalri7944
    @princeistalri7944 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    It's late, but this playlist is fascinating and I'll make sure to finish it. :) Thanks, Stanford University , for uploading these lectures for those of us who can't be there in person but are curious nonetheless.

  • @_BLACKSTAR_
    @_BLACKSTAR_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love Leanord's style of lecture.Very clear & concise, interspersed with just enough humor.

  • @brainstormingsharing1309
    @brainstormingsharing1309 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely well done and definitely keep it up!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

  • @timmybear4449
    @timmybear4449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Grateful for these lecture uploads, thank you very much.

  • @verycoolguy3457
    @verycoolguy3457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It’s so satisfying to listen to him speak.

  • @MrGriff305
    @MrGriff305 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank you Stanford and Susskind!

  • @tomperone9338
    @tomperone9338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just found this and absolutely love it!

  • @BashLevis
    @BashLevis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is incredible. Thank you for posting this. Leonard is a great teacher.

  • @harlowjademermaid1882
    @harlowjademermaid1882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "I'm loosely held together."
    Best prof. EVER!

  • @bappumohd
    @bappumohd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loving these lectures❤️

  • @sangeetharamdave6274
    @sangeetharamdave6274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m applying to the Stanford mba since it was your idea. Thanks! I’m starting GMAT study. I’m really grateful to you and your friends for your help. I think it is fitting for 8 years of daily humiliation.

    • @user-lu6yg3vk9z
      @user-lu6yg3vk9z ปีที่แล้ว

      What did you get your undergrad in?

  • @vincejoel4688
    @vincejoel4688 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I love that Dr Susskind has seriously thought about Galileo throwing things off a tower.

  • @commander6546
    @commander6546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I do this whole class / lecture around Thanksgiving every year while at home with family. Kind of gives me a sense of relaxation.

    • @Josh-st6sx
      @Josh-st6sx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In also watching this near Thanksgiving how strange

  • @sangeetharamdave6274
    @sangeetharamdave6274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am really looking forward to coming. Thanks!

  • @dohien9707
    @dohien9707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great lesson! Keep up the smart and good effort!

  • @juancarlosserratosperez1730
    @juancarlosserratosperez1730 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I LIKE THIS GUY.

  • @NatarajanPhysicist
    @NatarajanPhysicist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    great professor Leonard susskind

  • @davidludwig3975
    @davidludwig3975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I love seeing that a video such as this has 3.5 million views.

  • @caseyseyerle8859
    @caseyseyerle8859 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The question around the 45:45 mark is related to the delta of R squared. As the radial demension shortens the attraction force increases and if the Delta of R squared increases the attraction force decreases.

  • @MrKago1
    @MrKago1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That moment when a concept you have been struggling to understand is suddenly opened completely up by a simple off hand statement from a professor is priceless. Thanks Dr. Susskind and Standford!

  • @sender1496
    @sender1496 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an incredible teacher! Looking forward to watching the other videos now. Very well explained.

  • @wayneyadams
    @wayneyadams 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:33 The actual equation was change in momentum, written as a differential it would be F = dp/dt. dp = d(mv), so F = d(mv)/dt, F = vdm/dt + mdv/dt. The first term comes into play with rockets which eject mass as they accelerate. For masses that are being pushed around the second term is what we are interested in, F = mdv/dt, a = dv/dt so we end up with F = ma.

  • @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself
    @NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:00
    I used to think that the first law was redundant or implied by the second, but it is actually a necessary statement to make clear that accelerations can only come from forces. i.e. you can't have a non-zero acceleration if the net force is zero.
    The second law alone doesn't account for that.

  • @painetcirque5695
    @painetcirque5695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I am mesmerized at so much display of knowledge through normal and common words. Thank you so much Professor.

  • @notjod4948
    @notjod4948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Somethings never changes ,@Physics and My love for it ....
    #FOR THE LOVE OF PHYSICS.

  • @dalelarson3884
    @dalelarson3884 ปีที่แล้ว

    Though hardly a good physicist, I think I know one when I see him. Leonard Susskind is one, more so because he thoughtfully guides us in the communicative footsteps of Benjamin Franklin. Consider this great Franklin quote:
    If he would inform, he must advance regularly from Things known to things unknown, distinctly without Confusion, and the lower he begins the better. It is a common Fault in Writers, to allow their Readers too much knowledge: They begin with that which should be the Middle, and skipping backwards and forwards, ’tis impossible for any one but he who is perfect in the Subject before, to understand their Work, and such an one has no Occasion to read it. -Benjamin Franklin
    No wonder so many of us are sparked here by Leonard Susskind's teaching.
    What a clear, brilliant lecture.

  • @WeKnowTheTruth2012
    @WeKnowTheTruth2012 9 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    that looks so fun I wish I was in a university already :c
    highs school suuuucks

    • @mossposs2268
      @mossposs2268 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      WeKnowTheTruth2012 Everything suuuuuucks if u think about it, it's all nonsense. I liked your comment btw..no hate.

    • @ryanbadgerheart
      @ryanbadgerheart 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      WeKnowTheTruth2012 I shall see you in a few years when u'll be at uni, you will say I wish I was still at HS :)

    • @yellowlght
      @yellowlght 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Highschool did suck - too institutional & regimented no opportunities at upward mobility

    • @kazl603
      @kazl603 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      WeKnowTheTruth2012 I felt the same way when I was in high school. I was that person who understood and thought these types of concepts and equations were fun. :P

    • @RobbyBoy167
      @RobbyBoy167 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      WeKnowTheTruth2012 University is all fun and interesting until a few weeks before exams.

  • @prashannapunmagar8649
    @prashannapunmagar8649 6 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    Hello 240p my old friend ..

    • @MrJdcirbo
      @MrJdcirbo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Come to give me motion sickness again

    • @Nanami_X_Higurama
      @Nanami_X_Higurama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmao I'm watching this in 144p

    • @amicloud_yt
      @amicloud_yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      fewer pixels to distract from the information

  • @jacksonh2083
    @jacksonh2083 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Whenever I go to study my note I always watch videos like this to motivate me, something about the way they explain it intrigues me and makes me eager to study/learn.

  • @bobzealand5692
    @bobzealand5692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fascinating, simply fascinating, I watched this lecture three times and I still can’t understand a thing he said.

  • @dakrontu
    @dakrontu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    In the 70s I learned this stuff but in the intervening years forgot it all. Nice to be reminded. Some say Leonard Susskind is a great teacher, which is true, however, as far as teaching what is presented in this video goes, this is bog standard first year undergraduate physics, it is not rocket science, and any math or physics lecturer would be expected to be able to get across anything this simple. (I learned it in math classes aimed at physics and engineering students.)
    To follow it you need to understand calculus, which is high school math, if you are planning for a degree in math or physics or electronics etc. If you understand that, the rest of what he presents just sort of clicks into place and is very enlightening, telling your (or reminding you) of things you might not have realised, but which make sense once you do. Provided, of course, you have the necessary intuition from calculus, and understand vector notation etc.
    But bear in mind that this is lecture 1. It is my experience with university lecture courses that lecture 1 is always kind of remedial and just sets the scene. When he says go study Gauss's Theorem etc before lecture 2, he really means it. Because if you don't, lecture 2 will sweep you away. That's the way university courses go, at least in the sciences. You are expected to do the work, and if you don't, no one else is losing out over it.
    You have to keep up, and not let any concept pass you by thinking you can gloss over it. You have to properly understand as you go, not looking back from the end of the term, because you will have far too much to retro-assimilate by then, and will have drifted through the lecture course learning so little that you may as well have been asleep.

    • @mujtabanasir2970
      @mujtabanasir2970 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As much as he sound like some bloke from /r/iamverysmart he's not wrong

  • @blackbear92201
    @blackbear92201 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow...what a superb presentation...I love his precision and how he presents the Galilean and Newtonian theories of gravity in a way that makes general relativity much more accessible. I think he has tried to follow Einstein's own thinking.

    • @stevenlonien7857
      @stevenlonien7857 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tried and failed Einstine to many speacies for.chance.is not.giberish.

  • @vinayasaridebbie4217
    @vinayasaridebbie4217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible lecture in the class and room

  • @averylawton5802
    @averylawton5802 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't regret my life I had responsibilities and choices to me but I'm so glad that I live in an age where I can enjoy the benefit of listening to lectures by Leonard suskin for free whenever I want I can sit around for hours and just listen to the lectures of sir Roger Penrose for free I don't get accreditation for it but I don't care I love science it will never be my life that will be my passion and I am blessed Beyond reason to live at the Pinnacle of the age or this information freely accessible to anyone who wants to go learn it you won't get credit for it but you can learn it think more people would be grateful for how wonderful our time is

  • @mchacker2234
    @mchacker2234 8 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    What a teacher!!

    • @birdstheword5
      @birdstheword5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Michael Loughrie I know right? The other series on physical chemistry is fantastic too!

    • @mchacker2234
      @mchacker2234 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Saint :D

    • @FantastyckplastycK
      @FantastyckplastycK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Michael Loughrie he is OK, Brian Greene is much bettter

    • @MrAkashvj96
      @MrAkashvj96 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +FantastyckplastycK Brian Greene is a science advertiser & an annoying one at that, Prof. Leonard Susskind is one the great scientists of the modern era & one of the co-founders of string theory.

    • @FantastyckplastycK
      @FantastyckplastycK 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nameless Paladin well whatever, i much prefer greene or muller of caltech or even krauss for that matter.

  • @nidurnevets
    @nidurnevets 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I would certainly like to see a lecture by some of you who are so critical of this lecture. I bet it would be just great.

    • @bettygoodbody
      @bettygoodbody 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nidurnevets that's the spirit. sucking up for that good grade. do what you need to do

    • @jonbainmusicvideos8045
      @jonbainmusicvideos8045 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here you go: www.flight-light-and-spin.com/relativity/gravitational-waves%2Bgeneral-relativity.htm

    • @verycoolguy3457
      @verycoolguy3457 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right. This guy explains it amazingly.

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Response videos came and went like a fad, but for once if LS could only stop pacing the floor needlessly, that would help a lot.

  • @randallmcgrath9345
    @randallmcgrath9345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dr Susskind's Theoretical minimum series is excellent although I don't yet have the math skills to absorb it all. but going to school this fall so will be learning the math.

    • @daninsv
      @daninsv ปีที่แล้ว

      19:07

  • @032_pranjalagarwal9
    @032_pranjalagarwal9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous the way he is teaching.

  • @whengaming9999
    @whengaming9999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hello, I just wanted to say, this lecture is one of the BEST I’ve heard! It was really nice having myself take notes and have everything add up and make sense. Thanks!
    Also, I may be 12 years late to this lecture…

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lies again? Big ego

  • @matija92
    @matija92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What a great lecture! Thank you professor!

  • @johnZarkov
    @johnZarkov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At approximately time 1:13, the question was about a faster flow due to an increase of slope. Consider
    a channel of water flowing along and then encountering a steeper slope. The water is flowing slower before it encounters the increase of slope and faster after. Does that mean there's a divergence around the point of the change of slope? The same amount of water is flowing in and out so I would expect not. Is the resolution that if we were considering each particle, there are more before than after. In other works, how is the mass or number of particles taken into account? And what is the situation for a compressible fluid?
    Thanks,
    John-

  • @donnierobinson1273
    @donnierobinson1273 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extremely interesting! Love this!

  • @oliobgmoti-bulgaria8401
    @oliobgmoti-bulgaria8401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Incredibly well explained! I'm 16 and English is my 3rd language and I have little to no knowledge of physics, but I still find this pretty interesting. And I was able to understand for the most part. Thanks ou for uploading this!

    • @user-ln6bq1gc9t
      @user-ln6bq1gc9t 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, it is interesting but you don't seem to grasp Spelling dude! Just a hint from me - there is an "edit" button and check something twice before posting it on behalf of a nation. Some random idiot with a dictionary and not a single better thing to do might start trolling you. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @herpsmaltwatta
      @herpsmaltwatta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-ln6bq1gc9t Cockwomble, Wankpuffin. Not all English is in that dicktionary ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @brpragyanchaitanya9442
    @brpragyanchaitanya9442 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Listening to such long series of lectures is in fact the shortest and most simple way of getting a concept instead of the SIMPLIFIED kind of videos.

  • @theslimbach
    @theslimbach ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m thinking of this in terms of billiards. Great analysis of what is and what should be. This guy has humility that is undefined and the endearing emotion of a saint. So glad to see education like this that is available.

    • @theslimbach
      @theslimbach ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And what’s going on with the guy at 15:01

  • @obscurity3027
    @obscurity3027 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s 2am and I really need to sleep.
    An hour and a half lecture on Einstein’s general theory of relativity? Sleep can wait.

  • @HenryStradford
    @HenryStradford 9 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    As I listened further, he got better :D

    • @JulieAnneONEILL
      @JulieAnneONEILL 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** ... thank you Henry ... the last one was blank lol ... I WILL listen to this WHOLE vid at a later date as busy goofing around at moment ... and do appreciate it very much ... warm wishes to all in Japan ... :)

    • @HenryStradford
      @HenryStradford 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Julie-Anne Herridge Thank you!!!!

    • @JulieAnneONEILL
      @JulieAnneONEILL 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** ... thank YOU ! .... warmly hugging everyone there .... and posting hugs with stardust smiles on the storm winds that blow here now .... which will hopefully collide with winds there and draw some of Japan's wind away , not make it worse! .... ;) xo

    • @myebaycom-de9kf
      @myebaycom-de9kf 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Happy birthday. :-)

    • @fischelt
      @fischelt 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Happy birthday !! Best wishes

  • @HKExperimentalman
    @HKExperimentalman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Professor Susskind,
    I have study your lectures in the general relativity, they are very good lectures, I thank you wholehearted ~ Thank you very much ~ Professor Susskind ~ :)

    • @timedilation3696
      @timedilation3696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      17:40 I’m confused I think, what happens if you throw a ball up while your free falling in a gravitational field. Won’t the ball go up and gradually stop a certain distance from you. Where as if you not in a gravitational field and floating in space the ball will continue to go up infinitely.
      Any clarification would be great, thanks.

  • @aliens5142
    @aliens5142 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    came on just so id fall asleep
    you dont notice at first but i was slowly gaining interest.
    felt like i was learning something lol
    props to teach(found him engaging)
    an average person can actually learn something here

  • @Sean006
    @Sean006 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing how the Professor can explain what it is like to step off a building and experience free falling?!.....a base jumping academic, respect!!

  • @rareblackmagic9217
    @rareblackmagic9217 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    If I ever, ever manage to make enough money to go to Stanford, I want him.as my lecturer. Most physics lecturers drone on and sound bored, but he's obviously passionate about it and makes it interesting. I don't really understand much of this, I need to do some basic physics again and catch up (I'm actually doing Law, but interested in physics and computer science).
    I was born in a great time, time where there is actually an effort for Open education, education that you can spend your own time and effort on, and because of that, you'll do better (I assume) because it's not being forced down your throat.
    Thanks to OCW projects I don't think I'll ever quit learning.

    • @vvv-lt6sl
      @vvv-lt6sl 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      did you get in

  • @TheAngryAstronomer
    @TheAngryAstronomer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I am one with the force, the force is with me.

  • @curiocitizen1069
    @curiocitizen1069 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Literally pure gold!

  • @sangdokumen7676
    @sangdokumen7676 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this lecture open my mind about nature thank's so much 🙏

  • @tibodeclercq2131
    @tibodeclercq2131 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is the real science ! Amazing !! 1,9 million vieuws , I love you people !! Greetings from Belgium !!!

  • @laninqko815
    @laninqko815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Professor Susskind leaves an impression that his expression skills exemplify how down to earth abstracts may be. I would fancy his company in other stuffs.