I teach several adult-education courses at the California Academy of Sciences(when I have the time). These courses cover basic theoreticalphysics, ranging from relativity through quantum mechanics toelementary particle theory. All of these courses are intended fora general audience. These courses are not intended to be completeor self-contained. Rather they are intended to summarize theirsubject matter from a very high level, giving you a groundingfrom which you can read the many books that are available. Eachcourse includes a recommended book list and a list of interestinglinks.

Here are the course notes for these courses:

• Living in a Four-Dimensional World (Special Relativity)
• Riding the Curvatures of Spacetime (General Relativity, Gravity, and Cosmology)
• Quantum Worlds (Quantum Mechanics)
• What's the Matter (Elementary particles and the basic forces of nature)
  
  
  

More to come Later: These notes will improve considerablyover time!