Stanford Physics Courses

Massive Redshift Surveys and Results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Discover groundbreaking findings from DESI's massive redshift surveys revealing new insights into dark energy and the universe's expansion through spectroscopic analysis.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

From π to QFT - Symbolic Discovery at Scale

Discover how automated mathematical discovery reveals new formulas for π and connects symbolic computation to quantum field theory and gravity's emergent properties.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Irreversibility in Quantum Field Theory - An Information-Theoretic Perspective

Explore quantum field theory's irreversibility through information theory, examining renormalization group flow and state distinguishability across dimensions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

4e Superconductivity, Protected Qubits, and Flat-Band Systems

Explore advanced quantum physics concepts including 4e superconductivity, protected qubit systems, and flat-band materials in this Stanford Physics presentation.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The World of Atoms at the Attosecond Time Scale

Discover how attosecond pulses reveal atomic behavior with unprecedented temporal resolution, measuring photoionization delays and electron quantum states through advanced techniques.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Theories of Neural Computation Underlying Learning, Imagination, Reasoning and Scaling - Of Mice and Machines

Explore how theoretical physics illuminates neural computation in brains and AI, covering learning, imagination, language acquisition, and mathematical reasoning through statistical mechanics and scaling analysis.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Can We Reason About Our Place in the Universe Without Defining "Us" - Which of Occam's Razors Should Wigner Use to Shave His Quantum Friend?

Explore quantum information theory's role in cosmology and consciousness puzzles through Boltzmann's brain and Wigner's friend paradoxes with IBM physicist Charles Bennett.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Prosthetic Vision with a Photovoltaic Substitute for the Lost Photoreceptors

Explore groundbreaking photovoltaic retinal implant technology that restores vision to patients with macular degeneration by replacing lost photoreceptors with light-responsive arrays.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier

Explore quantum entanglement's role in computing, cryptology, and physics with John Preskill. Gain insights into quantum information's weird properties and potential applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Learning in a Quantum World

Explore methods for improving our understanding of quantum reality using classical and quantum machines, predicting properties of exotic many-particle systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Delving into the Unknown - The Higgs Boson at Future Colliders

Explore the Higgs boson's role in fundamental physics, its discovery, and future research prospects at next-generation particle colliders. Gain insights into precision measurements and their implications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 10 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cosmology from the First Year DESI BAO Measurements

Explore DESI's first-year BAO measurements and their implications for cosmology, including constraints on the Hubble Constant, dark energy, curvature, and neutrino mass, addressing potential tensions with LCDM.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Emergent Phenomena in Crystalline Multilayer Graphene

Explore emergent quantum phenomena in crystalline multilayer graphene, including correlated insulators, quantum Hall effects, and superconductivity. Discover implications for topological quantum computation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Surprising Effectiveness of Topology in the Science of Quantum Materials

Explore topology's role in quantum condensed matter physics, from fractional quantum Hall effect to Weyl semimetals, and its impact on non-Abelian topological phases.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Measuring the Effect of Gravity on Antimatter

Explore groundbreaking experiments measuring gravity's effect on antimatter, including recent direct measurements and their implications for the weak equivalence principle.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video