Understanding Modern Physics I: Relativity and Cosmology
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3 Weeks
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Introduction
- Principles of Relativity
- Speed of Light
- Postulates
- Light Clock
- Time Dilation
- 4-Step Reasoning
- Twin Paradox
- Physical Picture
- Interferometers (* optional video)
- Ether (* optional video)
- Speed of Light from Maxwell (* optional video)
- Units (* optional video)
- Weekly Summary
Practice Exercise
- I - 1
Videos
- Introduction
- Length Contraction
- Length in 4-Step Reasoning (* optional video)
- Velocity Addition: First Look (* optional video)
- Terrell Rotation (* optional video)
- Device for "Same Time"
- Spacetime Diagram
- Relativity of Same Time
- Twin Paradox Revisited (* optional video)
- Causality
- No Perfect Rigid Body
- Ladder Paradox
- Lorentz Transform, Space Part
- Lorentz Transform, Time Part
- Effects From Lorentz Transform
- Velocity Addition
- Summary
Practice Exercise
- I - 2
Videos
- Introduction
- Geometry
- Lorentzian and Euclidean
- Invariant Interval
- Conserved Quantities
- Newtonian Momentum
- Momentum
- Kinetic Energy
- Mass Conservation?
- Energy
- 4D Vectors
- Doppler Effect (* optional video)
- Spacetime Metric (* optional video)
- Natural Units (* optional video)
- Summary
Practice Exercise
- I - 3
Videos
- Introduction
- Why gravity is related to inertia?
- Equivalence Principle
- Time Dilation
- Schwarzschild Metric
- Light Bending
- Gravitational Lensing
- Black Holes
- Journey of Falling in
- Are Black Holes Black?
- Gravitational Waves
- Summary
Practice Exercise
- I - 4
Videos
- Olber's Paradox
- The Observable Universe
- Cosmological Principle
- Friedmann Equation
- Hubble Law
- Continuity Equation
- Matter Content
- Origins and Summary
Practice Exercise
- I - 5