David Tong: Lectures on Theoretical Physics
Concepts in Theoretical Physics
This course provides an overview of theoretical physics, aimed at first year undergraduates. It was lectured together with Natalia Berloff and Neil Turok in the Spring of 2008 and 2009. Powerpoint slides of the lecture notes are included.
Classical Dynamics
This course deals with the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian approaches to classical mechanics. It was presented to third year undergraduates in the fall of 2004 and 2005. Full lecture notes are included.
Quantum Field Theory
This is an introductory course in quantum field theory, presented to first year graduate students in the fall of 2006 and 2007. It covers the canonical quantization of scalar, Dirac and vector fields. Full lecture notes are included.
String Theory
This course provides an introduction to string theory, presented to first year graduate students in the spring of 2009. It covers the bosonic string and the basics of conformal field theory. Full lecture notes are included.
Solitons
This is a course for advanced graduates students, covering solitons in supersymmetric gauge theories and D-branes. It was given at the TASI summer school, 2005. Lecture notes are included.