String Theory and M-Theory (Fall 2010)
Stanford Univ. - String Theory and M-Theory (Fall 2010). This course consists of 10 video lectures given by Professor Leonard Susskind. String theory (with its close relative, M-theory) is the basis for the most ambitious theories of the physical world. It has profoundly influenced our understanding of gravity, cosmology, and particle physics. In this course Professor Leonard Susskind explains the basic theoretical and mathematical ideas, including the string-theoretic origin of gravity, the theory of extra dimensions of space, the connection between strings and black holes, the "landscape" of string theory, and the holographic principle.
Lecture 01 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind gives a lecture on the string theory and particle physics.
Lecture 02 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind discusses how the forces that act upon strings can affect the quantum mechanics. He also reviews many of the theories of relativity that contributed to string theory today.
Lecture 03 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind reviews harmonic oscillators, the spin of massless particles (photons and gravitons), the low lying spectrum of strings, the tachyon problem, and the basics of string interactions.
Lecture 04 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind gives a lecture on the string theory and particle physics. During this lecture he focuses on closed string theory as opposed to open string theory.
Lecture 05 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind delivers a lecture concerning plonck variables and how they relate to string theory in the context of modern physics.
Lecture 06 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind focuses on the different dimensions of string theory and the effect it has on the theory.
Lecture 07 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind discusses the specifics of strings including Feynman diagrams and mapping particles.
Lecture 08 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind covers the history of path/surface integrals; conformal mapping; application of conformal mapping in string scattering.
Lecture 09 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind gives a lecture on the constraints of string theory and gives a few examples that show how these work.
Lecture 10 | String Theory and M-Theory
Leonard Susskind continues his discussion on T-Duality; explains the theory of D-Branes; models QFT and QCD; and introduces the application of electromagnetism.