Lecture 1 | The Theoretical Minimum
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends the series as an entertaining, serious route into physics for self-learners comfortable with basic math.
What it is
Leonard Susskind opens Stanford Continuing Studies' Theoretical Minimum series with an introduction to quantum mechanics, a course for people who want real physics rather than popularization. It assumes some calculus and linear algebra.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2017 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec Panoramix · 2018-05 · on “Ask HN: How do I learn math/physics in my thirties?”
For physics, I believe you fall in Leonard Susskind's target audience. You can get his book, or even better, watch his large amount of lectures: [this video] Susskind is an eminence - he was Feynman's buddy back in the day. And he's entertaining as hell. Here's also Gerard 't Hooft's (Nobel laureate) list of concepts and books to master. If you finish that -in several years- you will be a qualified theoretical physicist. Whereas Susskind will give you more of an overview. [LINK]
Recommends empath75 · 2017-04 · on “Physicists demonstrate new way to violate local causality”
Do you have a few hundred spare hours? Leonard Susskind did an extensive series of lectures, that assumes some familiarity with Calculus and linear algebra, but almost nothing else. [this video]
Recommends hackermailman · 2021-07 · on “Ask HN: How can I get basic astrophysics knowledge?”
Search youtube for the theoretical minimum [this video] its a whole playlist for quantum mechanics, Wilberger also has videos on hyperbolic geometry and relativity