Curt Jaimungal: Crash Course in Theoretical Physics

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0:00 The Why: A shift in perspective
2:07 The What: What to expect to learn
4:53 The How: The TOE approach
10:53 What are Natural Units?
26:09 Conversion equations
40:09 Newton's constant / Entropy / Why speed is "dimensionless"
47:56 A Neutron star's pressure
49:16 Proportionate strengths of forces / "Wave function" is not a function
54:41 Knots / Extra dimensions
1:02 41 Inside Microtubules / Consciousness / Penrose's theory
1:07 55 Naïve Vacuum Expectation / Dark Energy
1:14 01 Calculating with the Schwinger Limit / Superforce
1:21 41 Annihilating electron - positron pairs / Quantum gravity / Black holes
1:31 32 *Sponsor and Patreon*
1:34 23 Length of an atom
1:41 12 Cutting a solid / How "special relativity" challenges what it means to "exist"
1:42 25 Laconically deriving the Casimir Pressure falloff / Rigor in math and physics
1:44 35 Analyzing the Sun
1:36 31 The size of Earth (derivation from fundamental constants)
1:46 16 Intuiting the radius of an electron / Classical Mechanics break down
1:31 51 Why we use X Rays to probe solid matter
1:51 33 Scales of the LHC / God particle
1:53 18 Summary
1:54 21 What's next?

RESOURCES:

- YouTube: https://youtu.be/e8kyvdPP8os
- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
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- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt
- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs
- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802
- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e
- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything
- Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch
- Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/PP5G20ImveU
- Andrew Dotson: https://youtu.be/P5NKHsOzvAc
- Pretty Much Physics: https://youtu.be/2cQqRYVA3Ms
- Nima's Lecture: https://youtu.be/nVO4I3D38O0
- Richard Borcherds' YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIyDqfi_cbkp-RU20aBF-MQ
- Norman Wildberger's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/njwildberger
- Conversion Chart #1: http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~korytov/phz4390/note_01_NaturalUnits_SMsummary.pdf
- Conversion Chart #2: http://www.saha.ac.in/theory/palashbaran.pal/conv.html
- Quantum Gravity podcast (Salvatore Pais): https://youtu.be/5E6QyAhTB3o?t=3057
- On Enthymemes (Lue Elizondo): https://youtu.be/wULw64ZL1Bg?t=6971
- Carlo Rovelli podcast: https://youtu.be/r_fUPbBNmBw
- Stephen Wolfram's TOE: https://youtu.be/1sXrRc3Bhrs
- Eric Weinstein podcast: https://youtu.be/KElq_MLO1kw
- String Theory podcast (Stephon Alexander): https://youtu.be/VETxb96a3qk
- QFT and Knot Theory podcast (Dror Bar Natan): https://youtu.be/rJz_Badd43c
- Better Left Unsaid documentary: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science.

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