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Special Relativity, Electrodynamics and General Relativity: From Newton to Einstein?

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INDEX of Supplementary Lectures

1. How did Newton discover the inverse square law of gravity?
2. The Gauss Bonnet Theorem
3. Acceleration: Relativistic Rocket Dynamics and Accelerating Reference Frames (Rindler Coordinates)
4. Curves and Surfaces of Classical Differential Geometry.Euclidean , Spherical and Hyperbolic Geometry
   
5.  Precession in Special and General Relativity
6.  RotatingSources, Gravito-Magnetism, the Kerr Metric
7.  Light Cone Variables, Rapidity and High Multiplicity Collisions
8.  Curves in 2-D,3-D and Curves embedded in Surfaces
9.  Planes, Spheres and Surfaces: From Straight Lines, Triangles and Differentiation to Geodesics, Covariant Differentiation, Curvature and Holonomy
10. Accelerating Clocks in Special Relativity
11. General Relativity for Physics Students
12. Differential Forms for Physics Students. Parts I and II
13. Differential Form for Physics Students. Part III
14. Dark Mysteries: 1. Dark Energy and the Cosmological Constant , and 2. Dark Matter
15. Statistical Physics Part I: Fundamentals, Entropy, Microcanonical Ensemble
16. Statistical Physics Part II: Canonical and Grand Canonical Ensembles, Introduction to Quantum Statistical Physics
17. Statistical Physics Part III: Fluctuations, Noise, Brownian Motion and Diffusion
18. Statistical Physics Part IV: Kinetics, Einstein and Black Body Radiation, Detailed Balance, The H Theorem and The Boltzmann Transport Equation
19. Statistical Physics Part V: Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics. Langevin and Fokker-Planck Equations
20. Statistical Physics Part VI: Irreversible Statistical Mechanics from Reversible Mechanics

INDEX of Introductory Quantum Field Theory Lectures for Physics Students

1. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students I. Particles and Anti-Particles
2. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students II. The Unruh Effect
3. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students III, The Casimir Effect
4. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students IV, The Schwinger Effect
5. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students V, The Goldstone Theorem and the Higgs Mechanism
6. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students VI, The Dirac Equation, Anti-Particles and the Quantum Vacuum
7. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students VII, The Chiral Anomaly and the Dirac Sea
8. Introduction to the Foundations of Quantum Field Theory for Physics Students VIII, Bosonization and Solving the Schwinger Model
9. Quantum Electrodynamics in a Strong Magnetic Field
10.  How Hot is an Accelerating Spacecraft (and a Black Hole) ?
11. Nuclear Physics Theory and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

INDEX of Historical Background Lectures

1. Newton Alchemy and the Laws of Mechanics
2. Gauss, Riemann and his Public Lecture
3. Ludwig Boltzmann: A Career of Conquests, Controversies and Despair