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R**D
I really love this book
I'm studying GR on my own because it's so interesting and I'm an amateur Astronomer. I really love this book. It's just right for me, though can still be a challenge when it comes to Tensors etc. I'm a software engineer, pretty good with math, but not a physicist. I heartily recommend this book to anyone motivated to better understand Gravity and General Relativity. The author doesn't drop GR on you without tons of excellent preparation. The Einstein Equation doesn't even show up until PART III, after all the prerequisites, and when he does explain it, he does it very well with both words and equations in an excellent balance.I also have a two books from the 70s: MTW ("Gravitation" by Wheeler, Thorne, and Miser) which is colorful and entertaining and has many terrific diagrams, but it's huge, heavy, and a bit overwhelming for self study. Weinberg's "Gravitation and Cosmology" is very different than MTW, hardly an illustration in the whole book, pretty dense math, less focused on Geometry... but it's a classic and it's nice to try another perspective, but it's also harder to learn from, IMHO. I probably shouldn't compare these two with modern textbooks, but I wanted to mention these classics.Hartle's book is modern and definitely easier to learn from than the books mentioned above. I'm not sure how it compares to Schutz or Wald, but I can say this book is just right for anyone with decent a math background, and the necessary focus, interest, and motivation. Heck you could probably skip the math and still get a lot out of it.I'll also mention "Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity", a workbook from Taylor, Wheeler, et al, which I picked some years ago has been helpful and interesting. It walks through examples, such as the Advance of the Perihelion of Mercury etc. I just ordered Zee's "Gravity in a Nutshell" and "A Most Incomprehensible Thing" by Peter Collier... I heard they're very good. I'm not sure I want to spend $150 on Carroll's GR book, though I really like his lectures and audiobooks. Textbooks are selling for crazy money these days. Not sure who can afford to go to college anymore!Big thumbs up for this book!
M**H
Great Book Great Condition
Right on time.
F**P
Better than most!
A good introduction to GR for those at the upper undergraduate level. It is one of the better GR books I've read.
R**S
Excellent price. The book is in the condition it ...
Excellent price. The book is in the condition it was described - thank you.
A**N
Five Stars
Great conditions!!!
N**N
Terrible print quality
The book's content may be great, but the printing quality is terrible. The ink is low-contrast and the pages thin, making the book almost painful to read. I hope that this is just the IE's shortcoming and that the hardcover was printed to actually be read.
M**N
adulterated version
This book turns out to be a bootleg version, restricted by copyright law to be sold in the Indian subcontinent.
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