String Theory Courses and Certifications

Wondrium

The Myth of the Beginning of Time - String Theory and the Big Bang

Explore how string theory and theoretical physics advancements challenge the notion of the Big Bang as the beginning of time, offering new perspectives on the pre-Bang universe and cosmology.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Arvin Ash

The Battle for Reality - String Theory vs Quantum Field Theory

Explore the battle between String Theory and Quantum Field Theory, examining their approaches to explaining fundamental particles, forces, and the challenge of quantizing gravity.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

World Science Festival

Unifying Nature's Laws - The State of String Theory

Leading string theorists discuss the current state and potential of string theory as a unified description of nature's laws, exploring its mathematical elegance and promise as a "theory of everything."

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Royal Institution

Untying the Quantum String - A Journey Through String Theory and Physics Unification

Explore the fascinating world of string theory and its potential to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity, examining both its promising features and inherent challenges in modern theoretical physics.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Infosys-ICTS String Theory Lectures - Advanced Topics in Theoretical Physics

Dive into advanced string theory topics including De Sitter space, S-matrix bootstrap, entanglement entropy, AdS/CFT integrability, black hole information paradox, and QFT symmetries.

• YouTube
• 1 day 20 hours 1 minute
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Musings on Entanglement Entropy in String Theory - Lecture 3

Explore entanglement entropy in string theory, focusing on UV divergences, black hole entropy, and worldsheet perspectives. Delve into gauge transformations, diffeomorphisms, and path integrals.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Musings on Entanglement Entropy in String Theory - Lecture 1

Exploración avanzada de la entropía de entrelazamiento en teoría de cuerdas, abordando divergencias UV y su posible resolución, con aplicaciones a la entropía de agujeros negros.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Musings on Entanglement Entropy in String Theory - Lecture 2

Explore entanglement entropy in string theory, focusing on UV divergences, black hole entropy, and worldsheet perspectives. Delve into advanced concepts and recent developments in theoretical physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES)

String Theory, Symmetries and Anomalies in QFTs - Lecture 4

Explore modern perspectives on QFT anomalies, symmetries, and their connections to string theory through d+1 dimensional theories.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 33 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

String Theory 2 - Fermionic Strings

Master supersymmetric string theories including Heterotic, Type II, and Type I strings, interactions, picture changing operators, and amplitude computations.

• YouTube
• 1 day 11 hours 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Why Strings? - String Theory as a Framework for Quantum Gravity

Explore the natural framework of string theory for quantum gravity through Maxwell and Faraday's electromagnetic insights and their evolution into modern theoretical physics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

Mean String Field Theory and the Lower Critical Dimension - John McGreevy

Explores mean string field theory and lower critical dimension in color confinement, focusing on non-Abelian gauge theories, flux tubes, and large N methods in fundamental physics.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Branes and Quivers in String Theory - Lecture 1

Explore connections between string theory, branes, and quivers. Learn about spatial dimensions, brain setups, Coulomb branches, and moduli spaces in this advanced theoretical physics lecture.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 17 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Foundations of Physics @Harvard

On Functional Freedom and Penrose's Critiques of String Theory

Explore Penrose's conceptual and technical objections to string theory, focusing on the notion of 'functional freedom' in this in-depth analysis by James Read from Oxford University.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

BIMSA

String Theory and Geometric Representation Theory

Explore connections between string theory and geometric representation theory, uncovering surprising relationships and new developments in supersymmetric gauge theory.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video