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Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 530.11
EAN: 9780805387322
ISBN: 0805387323
Label: Benjamin Cummings
Manufacturer: Benjamin Cummings
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 513
Publication Date: September 28, 2003
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Studio: Benjamin Cummings
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Editorial Review: Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity provides a lucid and thoroughly modern introduction to general relativity. With an accessible and lively writing style, it introduces modern techniques to what can often be a formal and intimidating subject. Readers are led from the physics of flat spacetime (special relativity), through the intricacies of differential geometry and Einstein's equations, and on to exciting applications such as black holes, gravitational radiation, and cosmology. For advanced undergraduates and graduate students, or anyone interested in astronomy, cosmology, physics, or general relativity.
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Rating: - Wordy and Wonderful
This is an advanced text, but all the same it is not particularly rigorous or dense, so it is in principle accessible to the beginner. With an easy authority, Carroll leads us on a wandering journey through the mystical lands of general relativity. This is very different from, and compliments nicely, the clarity and directness of Wald. As a student of GR, I use Wald for the bottom line on any subject, and Carroll for the random physical or computational insights that I invariably find in any section ... Read More
Rating: - BY FAR the best book on GR
I am currently on the 4th chapter of Carroll's "Spacetime and Geometry" and thus far I am amazed at how clear it is. Sure there is a lot of math in it however that also is very clearly explained. In fact, I think that Carroll explains the differential geometry material better than any mathematician has in any book on the subject. If you want to learn general relativity, there is no getting around the math; sooner or later you'll have to learn it. I'd suggest, especially if you are self-studying the ... Read More
Rating: - A nice blend of the ideas of physics with mathematics
Kudos to Carroll.
This book is an excellent INTRODUCTION to SR and GR for the graduate physics student as well as the graduate mathematics students.
Pure mathematics often loses sight of the ideas which motivated it and physics often loses the mathematical foundations from which it is built.
This book offers some level of mathematical formalism to the physics student while exposing the ideas motivating the mathematical concepts.
I particularly like how ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book But Won't Get You To The Promised Land
My comments come with a few caveats.
1. This is my fourth GR book.
2. I'm not hardcore into physics. I'm not a physic grad and I'm reading GR for fun. I have a decent graduate math background but I've been corrupted with 10+ years in working in various roles software engineering, electronics engineering and marketing.
3. I assume that since you're considering buying this book, you're goal is to get at the "real" GR, not the watered down discover channel version.
With ... Read More
Rating:  - good math chapters, not at beginner's level after that
I had a course based on that book and I've read chapters 1-6 (out of 9 chapters total) plus all the appendices. Also, I've solved some of the problems.
Please keep in mind my review is from a beginner point of veiw. Readers more experienced in GR may feel different but that book is supposedly written for beginners right?
The math chapters 2 and 3 are worth reading because they will teach you tensor analysis on manifolds in much clearer way than other books. The book makes a ... Read More
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