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...Don't show me this again This is one of over 2,200 courses on OCW. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. MIT OpenCourseWare... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...but essential to understanding the foundations of quantum mechanics and statistical physics. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1 hour / session Recitations... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...Problem sets are an important part of 8.20. It simply isn't possible to learn relativity unless you sit down and work through problems and concepts on your...

...as the Global Positioning System, solar system tests of relativity, descending into a black hole, gravitational lensing, gravitational waves...

...electrodynamics Gauss' law Gravitation and Planck's length Static gauge, transverse velocity, and string action Motion of free open string endpoints...

...Cambridge University Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780521344029. Binney, James, and Scott Tremaine. Galactic Dynamics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...Electricity and Magnetism Ryden, Barbara. Introduction to Cosmology. Addison-Wesley, 2002. ISBN: 9780805389128. Weinberg, Steven. The First Three Minutes... Learn about: GCSE Physics, Particle Physics...

...Jackson, J. D. Classical Electrodynamics. New York: Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 9780471309321. Landau, L. D., and E. M. Lifshitz. Classical Theory of Fields...

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...and applications to radiation, quantization of EM radiation field, adiabatic theorem and Berry's phase, symmetries in QM, many-particle systems...

...be based entirely on the homework. There will normally be one problem set each week, due one week later in lecture. After attempting each problem by yourself... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...There are no exams for this course. The course grade will be based 100% on the eight homework assignments. The faculty may alter grades to reflect class participation...

...instantons and theta-vacua; topological defects; introduction to supersymmetry. Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session This course is the third... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

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...Students choose one of the following two for a final project: The final project counts for 25% of the course grade. Final grades will be determined... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...The term paper and the homework have equal weight for the total grade. The term paper will be due on the day of the last class. Don't show me this again... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...This is the second of a two-semester subject sequence beginning with Atomic and Optical Physics I (8.421) that provides the foundations for contemporary... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

...Michael P. Condensed Matter Physics. New York: Wiley, 2000. ISBN: 9780471177791. The grade for the course is based upon weekly homework assignments (70%)... Learn about: GCSE Physics...

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...Wen, Xiao-Gang. Quantum Field Theory Of Many-body Systems: From The Origin Of Sound To An Origin Of Light And Electrons. Oxford, UK; New... Learn about: GCSE Physics...