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by Richard Wolfson

  • Narrated by: Richard Wolfson
  • Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
  • Release date: 07-08-13
  • Language: English

“It doesn’t take an Einstein to understand modern physics,” says Professor Wolfson at the outset of these twenty-four lectures on what may be the most important subjects in the universe: relativity and quantum physics. Both have reputations for complexity. But the basic ideas behind them are, in fact, simple and comprehensible by anyone. These dynamic and illuminating lectures begin with a brief overview of theories of physical reality starting with Aristotle and culminating in Newtonian or “classical” physics. After that, you’ll follow along as Professor Wolfson outlines the logic that led to Einstein’s profound theory of special relativity and the simple yet far-reaching insight on which it rests. With that insight in mind, you’ll move on to consider Einstein’s theory of general relativity and its interpretation of gravitation in terms of the curvature of space and time.

From there, you’ll embark on a dazzling exploration of how inquiry into matter at the atomic and subatomic scales led to quandaries that are resolved-or at least clarified-by quantum mechanics, a vision of physical reality so profound and so at odds with our experience that it nearly defies language.

By bringing relativity and quantum mechanics into the same picture, you’ll chart the development of fascinating hypotheses about the origin, development, and possible futures of the entire universe, as well as the possibility that physics can produce a “theory of everything” to account for all aspects of the physical world. But the goal throughout these lectures remains the same: to present the key ideas of modern physics in a way that makes them clear to the interested layperson.

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Author

Richard Wolfson, The Great Courses

Narrated by

Richard Wolfson

Length

12 hrs and 17 mins

Series

The Great Courses: Physics

Release date

07-08-13

Language

English

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