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Lädt ... Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativityvon James B. Hartle
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Einstein's theory of general relativity is a cornerstone of modern physics. It also touches upon a wealth of topics that students find fascinating - black holes, warped spacetime, gravitational waves, and cosmology. Now reissued by Cambridge University Press, this ground-breaking text helped to bring general relativity into the undergraduate curriculum, making it accessible to virtually all physics majors. One of the pioneers of the 'physics-first' approach to the subject, renowned relativist James B. Hartle, recognized that there is typically not enough time in a short introductory course for the traditional, mathematics-first, approach. In this text, he provides a fluent and accessible physics-first introduction to general relativity that begins with the essential physical applications and uses a minimum of new mathematics. This market-leading text is ideal for a one-semester course for undergraduates, with only introductory mechanics as a prerequisite. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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That said, I survived an undergraduate intro to GR and... it wasn't that bad. It was hard, no doubt there, but the book was solid and helpful.
My one complaint is that there is a tendency to skip steps in examples; these are often mathematical steps that may seem obvious or even trivial, and are sometimes messy intermediate stages of calculus and algebra that someone probably thought of as only taking up valuable space. But: for a student, seeing the stuff for the first time, every step matters (I'd say, "of course, obviously," but maybe not...) Sometimes the minutiae of the simple algebra helps complete an explanation where a 6th re-reading of the same paragraph just won't.
Long winded for one complaint, can you tell I *just* finished the class? :)
Solid 4 stars. ( )