Undergraduate Resources

Table of contents

1. Classical Mechanic
2. Electrodynamics
3. Statistical Mechanics
4. Quantum Mechanics
5. Electronics
6. Condensed Matter Physics
7. Lighter Side – Less Technical

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This section lists topic wise online resources that can be found useful by an undergraduate student. Most of the resources cover an entire course including videos, lecture notes and assignments. The video lectures constitute only a small portion of a course. One should download related tutorials, lecture notes, problem sets, and exam papers and work out those as they do in the classroom to gather the full benefit of these vast resources.

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Classical Mechanic

• Prof. Walter Lewin's lectures on Classical Mechanics, as taught in 1999.
  • Lectures - Watch here
  • Lecture Notes - Access here
  • Assignments - Access here
• Lecture series on Classical Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras.
  • Lectures - Watch here
  • Assignments - Access here

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Electrodynamics

• Prof. Walter Lewin's course on Electricity and Magnetism.
  • Lectures - Watch here
  • Assignments - Access here
• Lecture notes on Electromagnetism by Prof. David Tong Access here

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Statistical Mechanics

• Lecture notes on Statistical Physics by David Tong, University of Cambridge. Access here

• Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles by Prof. Mehran Kardar; brought to you by MIT OCW.

  • Lectures - Watch MIT video lectures
  • Lecture notes - Access here
  • Assignments - Access here

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Quantum Mechanics

• Lectures on Quantum Physics (I) by Prof. Allan Adams, brought to you by MIT OCW. This course covers the experimental basis of quantum physics. It introduces wave mechanics, Schrödinger's equation in a single dimension, and Schrödinger's equation in three dimensions.

  • Lectures - Watch MIT video lectures
  • Lecture notes - Access here
  • Assignments - Access here

• Lectures on Quantum Physics by Prof. V. Balakrishnan, Dept. of Physics, IIT Madras.

  • Lectures - Watch on NPTEL
  • Assignments - Access here

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Electronics

• Neso Academy :
  • Lectures - Digital electronics
  • Lectures - Analogue electronics
  • Problems - Digital electronics
  • Problems - Analogue electronics

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Condensed Matter Physics

• Lectures on Solid State Physics by Prof. Sandro Scandolo

       Lectures - Watch on Youtube

• Lectures on solid state physics by Prof. David Tong

       Lecture notes and problem sets - Access here

• Lectures on Solid State Physics Basics by Prof. Steven H. Simon of Oxford University. Watch Oxford Basic Physics Podcasts

Lighter Side – Less Technical

• Feynman lectures on physics by Prof. Richard Feynman. Access here

• Richard Feynman Messenger Lectures at Cornell The Character of Physical Law. Watch on Youtube

• Short demonstration of gravity warping space-time. Watch on Youtube

• The physics of helicopters - multiple videos. Watch on Youtube

• 60 Symbols - wide variety of physics and general astronomy topics Watch on Youtube

• When the Apple Drops - Quantum mechanics but other topics in physics. Watch on Youtube

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