🗓️ Duration: 52 Weeks (~5–8 hours/week)

🎯 Goal: Understand how the universe works—from Newton to quantum fields.

Swarupam Kumar | Last Edited 30 July 2025

🔹 Phase 1: Classical Physics Foundations (Weeks 1–8)

Week Topics Summary Video Link
1 Newton’s Laws, Motion How forces cause motion. Newton's 3 laws explain inertia, acceleration, and action–reaction pairs. Khan Academy
2 Work, Energy, and Power Understand energy transfer through work and how power measures the rate of doing work. Khan Academy
3 Momentum and Collisions Momentum (mass Ă— velocity) is conserved in collisions; explains recoil and impacts. Khan Academy
4 Circular Motion & Gravity Learn about centripetal force, orbital motion, and how gravity keeps planets in orbit. Khan Academy
5 Rotational Dynamics Rotation involves torque, angular momentum, and moment of inertia—analogous to linear motion. Khan Academy
6 Waves & SHM Oscillations (like springs & pendulums) and wave behavior (amplitude, frequency, energy). Khan Academy
7 Electricity & Magnetism Learn about charge, voltage, current, resistance, and how magnets interact with electric fields. Khan Academy
8 Maxwell's Equations (Intro) The 4 key laws that describe how electricity and magnetism work together to produce light. Physics Galaxy

🔹 Phase 2: Relativity – Space & Time (Weeks 9–14)

Week Topics Summary Video Link
9 Einstein’s Postulates Special relativity starts with two postulates: physics is the same in all frames, and light speed is constant. MinutePhysics
10 Time Dilation Time slows for fast-moving observers. Explained with the twin paradox. PBS Space Time
11 Length Contraction Moving objects appear shorter to an outside observer. Mass also increases at high speeds. PBS Space Time
12 E=mc² Mass and energy are equivalent—basis of nuclear energy and fundamental physics. Veritasium
13 General Relativity Gravity is not a force, but curvature of space-time around mass. PBS Space Time
14 Black Holes & Gravitational Waves Extreme space-time warping and ripples caused by massive cosmic collisions. Kurzgesagt

🔹 Phase 3: Quantum Mechanics Basics (Weeks 15–24)

Week Topics Summary Video Link
15 Wave–Particle Duality Light and matter behave as both waves and particles—key to quantum physics. MinutePhysics
16 Photoelectric Effect Light hitting metal releases electrons—explains why energy is quantized. Khan Academy
17 Quantum Superposition A particle can exist in multiple states at once—until observed. Looking Glass Universe
18 Schrödinger Equation Describes how quantum systems evolve over time using wavefunctions. MIT OCW
19 Particle in a Box Simplified quantum system showing energy quantization and wave behavior. MIT OCW
20 Quantum Tunneling Particles can pass through barriers they shouldn't—classically impossible. PBS Space Time
21 Orbitals & Quantum Numbers Describes electron positions in atoms using quantum numbers and probability. Khan Academy
22 Spin A quantum property of particles—crucial for understanding magnetic and atomic behavior. MinutePhysics
23 Double-Slit Experiment Demonstrates interference and quantum weirdness—observation collapses probability. Veritasium
24 Heisenberg Uncertainty It's impossible to know both position and momentum precisely—built-in quantum fuzziness. Looking Glass Universe

🔹 Phase 4: Advanced Quantum Ideas (Weeks 25–36)

Week Topics Summary Video Link
25 Quantum Entanglement Two particles become linked across space—changing one affects the other instantly. PBS Space Time
26 Bell’s Theorem Proves no hidden-variable theory can explain quantum results—supports entanglement. Looking Glass Universe
27 Measurement Problem Observation seems to affect outcomes—why quantum states collapse is still debated. PBS Space Time
28 Quantum Interpretations Different ways to explain quantum weirdness: Copenhagen, Many Worlds, etc. PBS Space Time
29 Probability Amplitudes Core quantum math that calculates likelihoods of outcomes—based on complex numbers. MIT OCW
30 Spin-½ Particles Particles like electrons have half-integer spin—crucial for quantum behavior. MIT OCW
31 Stern–Gerlach Experiment Experiment confirming quantized spin values—reveals strange quantum logic. Looking Glass Universe
32–36 Practice & Review Solve problems using MIT/NPTEL problem sets or PhET simulations. PhET Simulations

🔹 Phase 5: Quantum Field Theory & Standard Model (Weeks 37–42)

Week Topics Summary Video Link
37 QFT Basics Particles are excitations in underlying fields—quantum field theory explains forces. PBS Space Time – QFT
38 Standard Model The most complete model of fundamental particles: quarks, leptons, bosons. Fermilab
39 Fermions & Bosons Matter vs force carriers—fermions build atoms, bosons carry forces. PBS Space Time
40 Feynman Diagrams Diagrams to visualize particle interactions—useful in QED and other fields. MinutePhysics
41 Higgs Boson The Higgs field gives mass to particles—discovered at CERN in 2012. Kurzgesagt
42 Gauge Symmetry Explains how the Standard Model is built using symmetry principles. PBS Space Time

🔹 Phase 6: Cosmology & Universe (Weeks 43–52)