Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum

Preface
Introduction
Lecture 1: The Lorentz Transformation
Lecture 2: Velocities and 4-Vectors
Lecture 3: Relativistic Laws of Motion
Lecture 4: Classical Field Theory
Lecture 5: Particles and Fields
Interclude: Crzay Units
Lecture 6: The Lorentz Force Law
Lecture 7: Fundamental Principles and Gauge Invariance
Lecture 8: Maxwell's Equations
Lecture 9: Physical Consequences of Maxwell's Equations
Lecture 10: Maxwell From Lagrange
Lecture 11: Fields and Classical Mechanics
Appendix A: Magnetic Monopoles: Lenny Fools Art
Appendix B: Review of 3-Vector Operators
Index

Leonard Susskind has been the Felix Bloch Professor in Theoretical Physics at Stanford University since 1978, and his online lectures are viewed all around the world. One of the fathers of string theory, he is the author of The Black Hole War and The Cosmic Landscape.

Art Friedman is a lifelong student of physics, and his career encompasses software engineering, teaching, and writing. When he's not busy puzzling over quantum entanglement, Art plays the fiddle.

Art Friedman is a lifelong student of physics. His career encompasses software engineering, teaching, and writing. He spent fifteen years as a compiler developer for Hewlett Packard, and currently works independently as a data consultant for California schools. When he's not helping clients or puzzling over quantum entanglement, Art plays the fiddle. More often than not, people get up to dance.

Art was born in the Bronx and spent the first half of his life in New York. He has degrees in physics, teaching, and computer science. Art lives with his wife, Maggie, in Murphys, CA.