Get free online Physics courses online from the world’s leading universities. You can download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player. The collection includes introductory physics courses recorded at top universities (e.g. Yale, UC Berkeley & MIT). You will also find more specialized courses covering topics like Einstein’s theory of Relativity, black holes and string theory, not to mention some classic lectures by Richard Feynman. For more online courses, please visit our complete collection of Free Online Courses.
- 100 Years of Gravitational Waves – Web Video – Rai Weiss, World Science U/MIT
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- The Monster at the Heart of our Galaxy – Free Online Video – Andrea Ghez, UCLA/ World Science U
- The Past and Future of Unification – Free Online Video – Robbert Dijkgraaf, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton
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- The World in Eleven Dimensions – Free Online Video – Michael Duff, Imperial College London
- Universe or Multiverse – Free Online Video + Course Info – Andrei Linde, Stanford
- Wave Physics – Free Online Video – F. Romanelli (University of Trieste)
- Why the World Exists – Free Online Video – John Ellis, Kings College London
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