Free resources on theoretical physics.
A collection of high quality video lectures and notes. (Last revised: September, 2018)
The following is a collection of high quality video lectures, and accompanying notes, on theoretical physics. All of the resources are freely available on the Web. Every resource has been reviewed, and should allow you to make "quick" progress in fundamental physics. It should be possible to more or less work your way downwards through the list of material. You should find the additional articles very helpful in developing your understanding.
If you have successfully completed a college course in mathematics / physics you could definitely work your way through the material on this website in just a few years. You would then be able to follow progress in fundamental physics at CERN, LIGO etc.
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Classical Mechanics & Special Relativity
Classical Mechanics, Jacob Linder
Special Relativity, Leonard Susskind
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume I & II
Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics, Professor J.J. Binney | Notes
Mastering Quantum Mechanics, Barton Zwiebach [1], [2] & [3]
Quantum Mechanics II, Prof. Dr. Namık Kemal PAK
The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume III
Mathematical Physics
Physical Mathematics (15), Kevin Cahill | Physical Mathematics (16), Kevin Cahill | Physical Mathematics (17), Kevin Cahill
Laplace Transforms, Gilbert Strang
Quantum Field Theory
Particle Physics 1: Basic Concepts, Leonard Susskind
Quantum Field Theory, David Tong | Notes
Quantum Field Theory, Tobias Osborne
Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, Matthew Schwartz. This book was previously available for download on the harvard.edu website.
The following book along with solutions may be helpful for reference: Quantum Field Theory, Mark Srednicki. This book was previously available for download on the ucsb.edu website.
If you would like to purchase a book: I can also highly recommend Field Quantization by Walter Greiner et al.
Advanced Quantum Field Theory
Advanced quantum field theory: the theory of elementary interactions, Tobias Osborne
Quantum Field Theory (Fall 2012), Kevin Cahill | Lecture Notes | Kevin Cahill's Website
Quantum Field Theory, Prof. S. Randjbar-Daemi, ICTP Postgraduate Diploma Programme 2017-2018
Standard Model of Particle Physics
The Standard Model, Paul Langacker
Introduction to High Energy Physics, Paul Langacker
General Relativity & Cosmology
General Relativity, Neil Turok
The Early Universe, Alan Guth | More information.
Lecture Notes on General Relativity, Sean M. Carroll | PDF
Supersymmetry
Particle Physics 3: Supersymmetry and Grand Unification, Leonard Susskind
Explorations in Particle Theory, Ben Allanach | Notes
Supersymmetry, Fernando Quevedo | Notes
Supersymmetry and Gauge Theory, Neil Lambert
String Theory
String Theory, Barton Zwiebach
Lectures on String Theory, David Tong
An Introduction to String Theory, Kevin Wray
Introduction to String Theory, Neil Lambert | Notes | Exercises
String Theory and Holographic Duality, Prof. Hong Liu | Notes
Introduction to Superstrings and M-Theory, Michio Kaku (Free download from Springer)
Strings, Conformal Fields, and M-Theory, Michio Kaku (Free download from Springer)
String theory to the rescue, Joe Polchinski
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The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The collected papers of Albert Einstein
Articles:
Dear Dr. B: How come we never hear of a force that the Higgs boson carries?, Sabine Hossenfelder
You Should Love (or at least respect) the Schrödinger Equation, Sean M. Carroll
Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire, Jennifer Ouellette
Why Is There Something, Rather Than Nothing?, Sean M. Carroll
QCD Made Simple, Frank Wilczek
Reviewing Later
1951 Lectures on Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Freeman J. Dyson
Notes from Sidney Coleman's Physics 253a, Sidney Coleman
Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations: An Introduction, Peter Woit
You can also a find a large collection of curated videos on my youtube channel. I am also selling my library of physics books (only need my electronic versions) so if you need further reading material on quantum field theory, supersymmetry or string theory, let me know what books you are looking to purchase [email protected] and I'll see if I have something you may find interesting.
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