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Best book to learn General Relativity Anonymous Tue Jul 15 15:06:48 2014 No.6646206 [Reply] [Original]

I've seen some relativity in E&M and would like to learn more, differential geometry and all.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 15 15:08:46 2014 No.6646210 >>6646206 A first course in general relativity by Bernard Schutz

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 15 15:14:14 2014 No.6646212 >>6646210 I'm assuming this is done at the first/second year grad level? I can't find anything less sophisticated than that.

Anonymous Tue Jul 15 15:18:50 2014 No.6646221

>>6646212
Just take a look.
I don't see why deny resources because they are considered undergrad level and it it isn't as "hardcore". It's not layman and it teaches well. Those books are usually easier to learn from and that is definitely not a bad thing.

Anonymous Tue Jul 15 15:19:20 2014 No.6646222

>>6646206
Schutz's A First Course in General Relativity

If you want something even easier: Hartle's Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity
Slightly harder: D'Inverno's Introducing Einstein's Relativity
More focused on differential geometry: Schutz's Geometrical Methods of Mathematical Physics
A second text/reference for going further: Carroll "Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity", Wald "General Relativity ", Misner/Thorne/Wheeler "Gravitation"

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 15 16:29:17 2014 No.6646320 >>6646221 I made no mention of denying undergrad resources. "Easier to learn from" is subjective; someone with a high level of mathematical maturity may find more sophisticated treatments easier.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 15 16:45:06 2014 No.6646348 >>6646320 >mathematical maturity

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 15 17:12:52 2014 No.6646395 >>6646348 It's always easier the second time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 15 19:24:42 2014 No.6646628 >>6646206 Hobson's General Relativity is pretty good. Best of all some nice person uploaded a PDF of the entire text online.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 16 08:24:42 2014 No.6647682 >>6646628 criminals

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 16 22:07:23 2014 No.6649130 hobson

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 17 11:13:56 2014 No.6650150 Hartle Hobson Wheeler

>>	Hue Hue Hue Thu Jul 17 11:18:06 2014 No.6650155 Generally speaking, how pricy are these books?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 17 11:27:43 2014 No.6650167 >>6650155 2.5 billion zimbabwe dollars per boor

>>	Hue Hue Hue Thu Jul 17 11:31:58 2014 No.6650176 >>6650167 That's relatively cheap

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 17 11:33:03 2014 No.6650177 >>6650176 Dunno, was to lazy to make the math, but the point is, fucking google, how does it work?

>>	Hue Hue Hue Thu Jul 17 11:38:05 2014 No.6650183 ^ >>6650177 Was not really asking, just punning/bumping.

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