Crash Course in Theoretical Physics (How To Solve Every Physics Problem)
Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal
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This chapter delves into the importance of natural units in physics, highlighting how they enhance clarity in physical observations. It advocates for a more cohesive approach to teaching this concept in physics education.
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In this episode Curt Jaimungal delivers a crash‑course in theoretical physics, showing how natural units and high‑school math can solve any physics problem. He walks through unit conversions, forces, quantum concepts and even the role of consciousness in physics.
- 00:00:00 - The Why: A shift in perspective
- 00:02:07 - The What: What to expect to learn in this video
- 00:04:53 - The How: The TOE approach
- 00:10:53 - What are Natural Units?
- 00:26:09 - Conversion equations
- 00:40:09 - Newton's constant / Entropy / Why speed is "dimensionless"
- 00:47:56 - A Neutron star's pressure
- 00:49:16 - Proportionate strengths of forces / "Wave function" is not a function
- 00:54:41 - Knots / Extra dimensions
- 01:02:41 - Inside Microtubules / Consciousness / Penrose's theory
- 01:07:55 - Naïve Vacuum Expectation / Dark Energy
- 01:14:01 - Calculating with the Schwinger Limit / Superforce
- 01:21:41 - Annihilating electron - positron pairs / Quantum gravity / Black holes
- 01:31:32 - *Sponsor and Patreon*
- 01:34:23 - Length of an atom
- 01:41:12 - Cutting a solid / How "special relativity" challenges what it means to "exist"
- 01:42:25 - Laconically deriving the Casimir Pressure falloff / Rigor in math and physics
- 01:44:35 - Analyzing the Sun
- 01:36:31 - The size of Earth (derivation from fundamental constants)
- 01:46:16 - Intuiting the radius of an electron / Classical Mechanics break down
- 01:31:51 - On why we use X Rays to probe solid matter
- 01:51:33 - Scales of the LHC / God particle
- 01:53:18 - Summary
- 01:54:21 - What's next?
SPONSORS:
- Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off
- Algo: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9IfRw1QaTglRoX0sN11AQQ and website https://algo.com
RESOURCES:
- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/e8kyvdPP8os
- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE
- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt
- Discord Invite: 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP5G20ImveU
- Andrew Dotson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5NKHsOzvAc
- Pretty Much Physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=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
- 00:00:00 - The Why: A shift in perspective
- 00:02:07 - The What: What to expect to learn in this video
- 00:04:53 - The How: The TOE approach
- 00:10:53 - What are Natural Units?
- 00:26:09 - Conversion equations
- 00:40:09 - Newton's constant / Entropy / Why speed is "dimensionless"
- 00:47:56 - A Neutron star's pressure
- 00:49:16 - Proportionate strengths of forces / "Wave function" is not a function
- 00:54:41 - Knots / Extra dimensions
- 01:02:41 - Inside Microtubules / Consciousness / Penrose's theory
- 01:07:55 - Naïve Vacuum Expectation / Dark Energy
- 01:14:01 - Calculating with the Schwinger Limit / Superforce
- 01:21:41 - Annihilating electron - positron pairs / Quantum gravity / Black holes
- 01:31:32 - *Sponsor and Patreon*
- 01:34:23 - Length of an atom
- 01:41:12 - Cutting a solid / How "special relativity" challenges what it means to "exist"
- 01:42:25 - Laconically deriving the Casimir Pressure falloff / Rigor in math and physics
- 01:44:35 - Analyzing the Sun
- 01:36:31 - The size of Earth (derivation from fundamental constants)
- 01:46:16 - Intuiting the radius of an electron / Classical Mechanics break down
- 01:31:51 - On why we use X Rays to probe solid matter
- 01:51:33 - Scales of the LHC / God particle
- 01:53:18 - Summary
- 01:54:21 - What's next?
SPONSORS:
- Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off
- Algo: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9IfRw1QaTglRoX0sN11AQQ and website https://algo.com
RESOURCES:
- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/e8kyvdPP8os
- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal
- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE
- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt
- Discord Invite: 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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP5G20ImveU
- Andrew Dotson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5NKHsOzvAc
- Pretty Much Physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=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
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