Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity
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Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity at Coursera Overview
Duration | 7 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity at Coursera Highlights
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Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity at Coursera Course details
- The 20th century was known as the century of physics
- In the past 120 years, concepts such as space, time, energy, entropy and particles were understood to much deeper levels
- New paradigms of thinking such as relativity and quantum mechanics emerged
- This course is the third course in the Understanding Modern Physics series, which covers an introduction to action principle, fundamental particle physics, entropy & information and complexity
- This course offers a broad view between simplicity and complexity, to complement the first and second course in the Understanding Modern Physics series
Understanding Modern Physics III: Simplicity and Complexity at Coursera Curriculum
Action Principle
Course Introduction
Weekly Introduction
Fermat's Principle
Functionals
Light Propagation Functional
Calculation of Functional Extremal
Action Principle
The Euler-Lagrange Equation
Definition of a Symmetry
Example: Time Translation Symmetry
Conservation Laws
Conservation from Time Translation
The Hidden Quantum Reality
Summary
III-1
Particles and Strings
Introduction
Elementary Particles
Quest for Unification
Do We Need Quantum Gravity?
The Scale of Quantum Gravity
Why is Quantum Gravity Difficult?
A Planck Scale Collider?
Is the World Made of Strings?
Summary
III-2
Entropy and Information
Introduction
Statistical Entropy
Why is there an Arrow of Time?
Arrow of Time
Other Arrows of Time
Maxwell's Demon and the Landauer's Principle
Information Content
Example and Information Entropy
Summary
III - 3
Complexity
Introduction
Population of Rabbits
Logistic Map
From Order to Chaos
More about Chaos
Fractals and Dimensions
Fractals in Nature
Summary
III-4
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