Learner Reviews & Feedback for Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity by Stanford University
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It was wonderful experience to know the special theory of relativity from Larry, who has presented the course in very simple way to understand. Thanks a lot to Larry for providing such a good session.
Almost anyone can learn about the special theory of relativity from these lectures. I actually can't believe that I studied from a professor who teaches in the USA and in so simple way. I am grateful.
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By Gary S
•Mr Lagerstrom has explained a difficult topic in a very understandable way. He is a true teacher, not just a lecturer. Thank you.
By Christophe N
•Nice course with very clear explanations! Too bad that I had to wait for week 4 to really start the core of special relativity
By Vertika S
•Excellent Prof , Excellent Resources. My only drawback is that prof is a bit excessive repetitive, rest everything is fine.
By apeksha j
•A very interesting course simplified to an under graduate level. it helps in understanding relativity in perspective.
By Lee H
•Well taught and structured course, gives a more quantitative understanding of some of the outcomes.
By Kiran K
•Good course for introduction to special relativity. I expected more related to E=mc^2 derivation.
By Víctor P V
•This course is superb, covers easyly all the aspects of the special theory of relativity
By Nicholas C
•A leisurely and enjoyable introduction to the Special Theory.
By Callum B
•Really good to get a grasp of what relativity is all about
By Dave W
•Too much work in weeks 4 and 5. Explanations very clear.
By Maartijn S
•Really great course, the teaching was excellent and fun.
By Shayar S
•Really interesting topic but can get a little boring
By Luis A B M L
•A bit long, too much time to cover easy themes...
By Yasoda R
•Nicely presented, but pace was very slow.
By Rajendraprasadbabu M
•a little bit more advanced required.
By Darren H
•very well explained
By Don M
•good course
By Wellington D P
•good course
By harsh r
•This course is just okay. The professor seemed nice and explained the concepts well. However it takes a painstaking long hours just to proceed to the next material(if you aren’t skipping stuff) as he just keeps over-explaining. The problems are far too easy , if you want to do relativity from a quantitative standpoint. Also,my biggest complaint is the introduction, which lasts for about 3 hours. And it takes around middle of the 2nd week to get started. I get it, make haste slow, but not to a crawl.
By Pratheek
•Rather easy questions and not many difficult ones even in the optional exercises.
By Devika M
•It was a very informative and interesting course.
By Peter Z
•The professor is so slow I have to have him at 1.5x speed when listening to his lecture and am still falling asleep. I am very interested Special Theory of RElativity but I ll just get a book. Will be faster.
By BHAVYA C
•This Coursera was very usefull for students,this special theory of relativity is interesting topic,
By Ildar S
•The worst course. Very slow and unuseful
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