"This is an excellent course with many description of modern, contemporary physics. It also discussed deep underlying patterns in our physical universe.
The link to this course (and its description) is here: http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=1299
What I particularly loved about this course include:
1. Prof Ben Schumacher's enthusiasm and ability to explain complex materials simply.
2. The use of the framework of 'Impossible' to understand many physics phenomena.
3. I particularly enjoyed the following parts of the course (not in any order):
- Lecture 4: The historical discovery of sun's energy energy source which also involved the discovery of the different spins of neutrinos! (this was also discussed by Prof Schumacher in the context of 'conservation of energy').
- Lecture 22: I haven't seen the 4 Maxwell equations involving electricity and magnetism to be explained so simply and clearly (in terms of two 'square' laws and two 'box' laws). Fantastic achievement, Prof Schumacher!!
- Lectures 10-13: Discussion on space-time 'cone' geometry representation, blackholes, wormholes and so on.
- Lecture 16: Discussion and application of the square-cube law in physical structures.
I really have no negative comments/recommendations. Initially, the course did seem to be somewhat 'chaotic' from time to time given that it jumped from one topic to the next (unrelated). But the patterns and sequence do make sense in the end."
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