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Lecture 4 | Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics (Stanford)

Posted by Admin in Wednesday, May 12th 2010 25 comments already

Lecture 4 of Leonard Susskind’s Modern Physics course concentrating on Quantum Mechanics. Recorded February 4, 2008 at Stanford University. This Stanford Continuing Studies course is the second of a six-quarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics. The topics covered in this course focus on quantum mechanics. Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Complete playlist for the course: youtube.com Stanford Continuing Studies: continuingstudies.stanford.edu About Leonard Susskind: www.stanford.edu Stanford University channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

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25 Comments Already

Angiegirl2112 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @12:10 pm

OMG how did u get this long video on here? I thought it could only be 10:00 long!

debajyotisaha Said,

May 12th, 2010 @12:13 pm

very realistic

9906197439 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @12:31 pm

Leonard Susskind is really the best teacher for Physics.
I have never seen quantum mechanics so much closely and clearly as I can see it when I listen to these lectures.

Many many thanks to Stanford University and of course Dr. Susskind.

mkifyousayso Said,

May 12th, 2010 @12:47 pm

same here bro. Im in 10th and havnt taken physics yet but am in advanced math and I have no idea what hes talking about lol

GRLWHOLIKESFUNNYSHT Said,

May 12th, 2010 @1:12 pm

What the…….****

ripperduck Said,

May 12th, 2010 @1:53 pm

I’m taking QM now at the undergraduate level and his lectures are the same, except far better, then what I get now. QM as is being taught to me now requires linear algebra, but seems to be far more conceptual than math based right now…..at least at my level.

ripperduck Said,

May 12th, 2010 @2:10 pm

I’m taking QM now and his lectures hew closely to the ones being given at the undergraduate level. The reason I watch him is that he is a FAR better lecturer than the prof I have. Dr. Susskind has decades of classroom experience and my prof is teaching this for only the second time.

earizon Said,

May 12th, 2010 @2:21 pm

I found the lectures interesting if just to remember all that I studied nearly ten years ago. Still for anyone like me that have not the patience to stay for two hours watching the video here comes a trick:
Download the video as MP4 (for example with the “Easy Youtube Video Downloader extension in Firefox). Then play it with the help of VLC at 1.5x or 2.0x times the original speed.
In the mean time, thanks to the Standford University, Youtube and the VLC guys for their work!

mathsboy Said,

May 12th, 2010 @3:01 pm

This guy isn’t a very compelling lecturer. He seems nervous, at least in the few minutes I watched

IdoWORK2 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @3:11 pm

im a sophmore in highschool and my brain exploded in the first two minutes. Is that bad?

eb227 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @3:40 pm

If you “measure” the impulse, the wavefunction collapses.

SpEcTeRM1A2 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @4:25 pm

This old man is so dull. Couldnt they get someone who isnt about to dematerialize into tiny ash particles
?

SasquatchKiller Said,

May 12th, 2010 @5:11 pm

I’d say its a introduction to quantum mechanics… only real requirements are an understanding of basic linear algebra… again, hard to compare to undergraduate courses I’ve taken because the audience is so different… but its definitely just an intro. Wouldn’t call it “senior.”

Pentazoid111 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @6:01 pm

but is it a senior undergraduate level quantum mechanics class?

SasquatchKiller Said,

May 12th, 2010 @6:04 pm

This is a continuing education course (i.e. for people in the community at large who are interested and don’t mind paying money to listen to Dr. Susskind lecture)

Pentazoid111 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @6:06 pm

Is this senior undergraduate level quantum mechanics?

DNHshuffle Said,

May 12th, 2010 @7:06 pm

but if the electron gets a kick from the hole… isn´t it a measure as well? if the electron gets the kick, you could measure the impuls and say where the electron will hit the screen!?!? so, what has it to do with a wavefunction?

keysle Said,

May 12th, 2010 @7:33 pm

i’ve just been kinda listening in… is sthis still “high school” stuff…
becuase it wasn’t HS for me… I’m not sure if it was a terminology issue or whatever… but I lost him after video 1

blackdrown2 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @8:07 pm

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May 12th, 2010 @8:12 pm

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4unitedMAN Said,

May 12th, 2010 @8:37 pm

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May 12th, 2010 @9:24 pm

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kalleandren Said,

May 12th, 2010 @9:32 pm

Well, compared to my lectures in this class, Susskind rules. I had a respected European professor, he did know how to do research, but was terrible as a teacher.

Euquila Said,

May 12th, 2010 @9:37 pm

Very rude and without class…
I’m Canadian (like that matters) and I find him (Susskind) thoughtful, kind, and a master of his work.

cyberflo999 Said,

May 12th, 2010 @10:11 pm

The “dude” you’re talking about – oh and by the way i’m european – is still Susskind: the guy who discovered a lot of things at the basis of string theory. And without his paper, he would be able to do a lesson, just maybe not in the amount of time required.
And I know great american professors and very boring european professor.
You think he’s a bad teacher? Ok, fine. Find a better one. (At least his lectures are available online).
But don’t go posting that kind of nonsense…

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