Physics with Elliot
Dr. Elliot Schneider teaches physics through visual YouTube lessons, worked problems and online courses, from classical mechanics to quantum theory.
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Known for
- Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics in Under 20 Minutes2021 · Creator and teacher
YouTube - To Understand the Fourier Transform, Start From Quantum Mechanics2022 · Creator and teacher
YouTube - Feynman’s (almost) impossible integral2025 · Creator and teacher
YouTube - There’s so much more to electric fields than you were taught2026 · Creator and teacher
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Overview
- Name
- Dr. Elliot Schneider
- Work
- Physicist, educator and online course creator
- Education
- BS in physics, Caltech; PhD in physics, Harvard
- Doctoral research
- Stringy ER = EPR, May 2021
- Early audience favorite
- His 2021 introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics has passed one million views.
Mini bio
From research to teaching.
Elliot Schneider studied physics at Caltech before completing a Harvard PhD. His May 2021 dissertation, Stringy ER = EPR, explored connections between quantum entanglement and black-hole geometry in string theory, working with Daniel Jafferis. On Patreon, he explains that after his PhD he devoted his time to making physics lessons and courses.
Finding his audience.
An early touchstone is his September 2021 introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, which has reached more than a million views. Using a familiar pendulum, he introduces two formulations that students encounter beyond Newton’s laws. His library now separates introductory Physics Help Room videos from more advanced Mini-Lessons and classic problems.
More ways to learn.
Alongside YouTube, Elliot offers Fundamentals of Lagrangian Mechanics and Fundamentals of Tensor Calculus. The tensor series moves from Cartesian coordinates to curvilinear coordinates and spacetime. His free newsletter provides illustrated lessons and notes to accompany his videos, while interactive animations let students explore ideas themselves.
Creditschronological, newest first
Physics lessons
- 2026This physics problem is 200 years old. There’s a simpler solutionCreator and teacher
- 2026This function doesn’t exist. So why is it everywhere in physics?Creator and teacher
- 2025Feynman’s (almost) impossible integralCreator and teacher
- 2022To Understand the Fourier Transform, Start From Quantum MechanicsCreator and teacher
- 2021Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics in Under 20 MinutesCreator and teacher
Research
- 2021Stringy ER = EPRDoctoral dissertation author, Harvard University
Awards
Quotes
My goal is to help as many students as I can to learn, and learn to love, physics.Elliot Schneider, Patreon About page
Explaining why he makes free physics lessons and asks viewers to support the channel.
Trivia
- His early handwritten videos used Procreate on an iPad.
- He initially made most video animations in Keynote, later adding Manim to his toolkit.
- His website’s interactive animations use the JavaScript library JSXGraph.
- Newsletter subscribers voted for tensors as a course topic.
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