Lectures
- 1. Course Overview
- 2. Symmetry and Invariance
- 3. Symmetry and Invariance II
- 4. Relativistic Kinematics
- 5. Relativistic Kinematics II
- 6. Relativistic Kinematics III
- 7. Relativistic Kinematics IV
- 8. Variational Calculus
- 9. Relativistic Dynamics and Particle Physics
- 10. Relativistic Dynamics and Particle Physics II
- 11. Relativistic Dynamics and Particle Physics III
- 12. Relativistic Dynamics and Particle Physics IV
- 13. Relativistic Dynamics and Particle Physics V
- 14. Relativity and Electromagnetism
- 15. Relativity and Electromagnetism II
- 16. The Equivalence Principle and General Relativity
- 17. General Relativity and Cosmology
- 18. General Relativity and Cosmology II
- 19. General Relativity and Cosmology III
- 20. General Relativity and Cosmology IV
- 21. General Relativity and Black Holes
- 22. General Relativity and Black Holes II
- 23. General Relativity and Black Holes III
- 24. General Relativity and Black Holes IV
Relativity
Course Summary
This course is based on 8.033 Relativity, Fall 2006 made available by Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
This course concentrates on special relativity. Topics covered include Einstein's postulates, the Lorentz transformation, relativistic effects and paradoxes, and applications involving electromagnetism and particle physics. This course also provides a brief introduction to some concepts of general relativity, including the principle of equivalence, the Schwartzschild metric and black holes, and the FRW metric and cosmology. (Includes a complete set of lecture slides and notes.)
Reading Material
1. Introduction to Special RelativityResnick, Robert. Introduction to Special Relativity. New York, NY: Wiley, 1968.
Portrait of Einstein by Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (photo: Academic Historic Museum Leiden)
French, A. P. Special Relativity. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Education Research Center: MIT Introductory Physics Series. New York, NY: Norton, 1968.
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3. Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity
Taylor, Edwin F., and John A. Wheeler. Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity. San Francisco, CA: Addison Wesley Longman, 2000. ISBN: 9780201384239.
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