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Concepts in Theoretical Physics Daniel Baumann [email protected] * Click on the section titles below for pdf’s of the individual chapters or here for the complete notes. Preface 1. Principle of Least Action A better way to do Newtonian dynamics. Feynman’s approach to quantum mechanics. 2. Quantum Mechanics Principles of quantum mechanics. Probabilities and uncertainty. Entanglement. 3. Statistical Mechanics More is different: 1 6= 1024 . Entropy and the Second Law. Information theory. Black hole entropy. 4. Electrodynamics and Relativity Maxwell’s equations. The speed of light and relativity. Spacetime. A hidden symmetry. 5. Particle Physics A new periodic table. From fields to particles. From symmetries to forces. The origin of mass. 6. General Relativity Equivalence principle. Gravitational time dilation. Curved spacetime. Black holes. Gravity waves. 7. Cosmology From quantum mechanics to galaxies. A. Symmetry and Conservation Laws Conservation of momentum. Noether’s theorem. Conservation of energy.
