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Relativity Book/Article recomendations about alternative theories to General Relativity
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robphy
Relativity General relativity with focus on action?
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Frimus
Relativity Opinions on Rovelli's General Relativity: The Essentials?
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martinbn
Relativity Good Beginner's General Relativity Books?
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Anachronist
Relativity GR for engineers
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Relativity Special relativity in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian language
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Relativity I want to learn special relativity. More details below
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PeroK
Relativity "Must-read" papers in general relativity
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robphy
Relativity Can I learn SR & GR from the advanced theoretical physics textbook by Nick Lucid?
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vela
Relativity Exercises in Math of GR
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romsofia
Relativity Second book on special relativity
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atyy
Relativity Question Regarding Different Editions of Spacetime Physics by Wheeler
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robphy
Relativity Synge’s Special Relativity
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caz
Relativity Learning about SR (for beginners)
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robphy
Relativity Good introductory book about general relativity at undergraduate level
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vanhees71
Relativity Need recommendations of videos on GR
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PeroK
Relativity Is it worth to read the chapters on relativity in K&K mechanics book?
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PeroK
Relativity Spacetime Physics and Black Hole Physics
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dx
Relativity David Morin's special relativity for the enthusiastic beginner
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phinds
Relativity Problem books for GR
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ibkev
Relativity How are David Tong's Lectures on General Relativity?
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Demystifier
Relativity Susskind's new book on Black Holes
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Relativity Errata for Gravitation and Cosmology book by Steven Weinberg
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MathematicalPhysicist
Relativity When is Susskind's GR book coming out?
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pinball1970
Relativity Looking for further Relativity textbooks
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vanhees71
Relativity Has anyone read "Covariant Electrodynamics: A Concise Guide"?
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Relativity M. Tsamparlis' book on Special Relativity
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Relativity Any good references on the thermodynamics of black holes?
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TSny
Relativity Textbook for "Intro" course in GR
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vanhees71
Relativity A question/suggestion of a book: integrated course of "special" and "general relativity"
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vanhees71
Relativity Raychaudhuri - General Relativity, Astrophysics, & Cosmology
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jedishrfu
Relativity Thoughts on General Relativity by Hobson?
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Relativity Books for learning the maths used in learning Relativity
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bhobba
Relativity Schutz, Solutions Manual
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Relativity Any good books on relativity?
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Relativity Gravity in a Nutshell is too chatty, would like something else
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vanhees71
Relativity Gauge Fields, Knots And Gravity by Baez/Muniain
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ibkev
Relativity What's the best book to learn general relativity?
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Saph
Relativity Wheeler, Thorne and Misner Gravitation Book Revised in 2017
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jedishrfu
Relativity Is Gravitation by Misner, Throne, Wheeler outdated?
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martinbn
Relativity Learning Einstein's General Relativity
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robphy
Relativity Looking for a good book on GR
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smodak
Relativity Lectures on Gravitation by R P Feynman, 1962-63?
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robphy
Relativity Seeking advice for mathematics books before GR
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Relativity Weinberg's book vs undergraduate course
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smodak
Relativity Book Recommendations in General Relativity
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Wrichik Basu
Relativity Best post-grad textbooks on modified theories of gravity?
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George Jones
Relativity Lorentz Group Reading
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dextercioby
Relativity Books about gravitational waves
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smodak
Relativity Is Gravitation by MTW Out of Print?
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martinbn
Relativity Morin's "Special Relativity: For the Enthusiastic Beginner"
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Doc Al
Relativity What Is a Good Companion Book for Wald?
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Relativity Susskind's Third book on the Theoretical Minimum Listed
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smodak
Relativity Books about Special Relativity for preparation for QFT
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Relativity Book on General Relativity -- especially on Black Holes and Graviational Waves
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ibkev
Relativity Introduction to general relativity
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smodak
Relativity Hardcover vs paperback, cut content?
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Relativity A First Course in General Relativity
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robphy
Relativity Books for introduction to GR
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vanhees71
Relativity Sleeping Beauties in Theoretical Physics: 26 Surprising Insights
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ibkev
Relativity Introduction to GR. ¿Gron or Collier?
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almarpa
Relativity Introduction to Field Theory
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vanhees71
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Relativity Gravitation by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler
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TSny
Relativity Book recommendations
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smodak
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Relativity General Relativity by Hobson, Lasenby and Efstathiou
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Relativity Looking for a good intermediate book on SR
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Relativity 4-D geometry resources
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smodak
Relativity Differential Forms and the Geometry of General Relativity
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jedishrfu
Relativity Callahan's "The Geometry of Spacetime"
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Relativity Free PDF download of Hawking & Ellis (1973)
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Nugatory
Relativity Opinions on Zee's "Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell"
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ShayanJ
Relativity On Sean Carroll's General Relativity textbook
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smodak
Relativity Gravitation by Misner or something similar
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smodak
Relativity Book on general relativity
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Relativity Spacetime Physics by Edwin F. Taylor and John Archibald Wheeler
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Relativity Special Relativity by T.M. Helliwell
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Relativity AP French vs Chapter in Morin
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Mondayman
Relativity Another General Relativity book thread
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Victor Alencar
Relativity Comparing General Relativity books
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Elnur Hajiyev
Relativity Modern books on Special Relativity
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robphy
Relativity Alternative to Kleppner - Kolenkow chapter on relativity
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almarpa
Relativity Mathematics book before General Relativity
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Cruz Martinez
Relativity Error in Hartle's Fig. 7.11?
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vanhees71
Relativity Prerequisites to Gravitation
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Joshua L
Relativity Question types in Hartle's General Relativity?
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TonyS
Relativity Good Book on GR
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Relativity Books for relativity and quantum mechanics
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A AM ARYA
Relativity Prereq for Will: Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Phys
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Cygnus_A
Relativity Special Relativity Problem Textbook !,
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robphy
Relativity Book Recommend for GR
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RyanH42
Relativity Books on General Relativity for dummies
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bcrowell
Relativity Relativity for Poets
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jedishrfu
Relativity Book suggestion
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MidgetDwarf
Relativity Introductory book on special relativity
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vanhees71
Relativity Can't remember where I read this! (when using the proper-time parametrization)
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ShayanJ
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Relativity Gravitation:Foundations and Frontiers by T. Padmanabhan
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Relativity Teaching Myself From Rindler's Relativity Book
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Simon Bridge
Relativity Steane, The wonderful world of relativity
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Relativity General Relativity by Robert M. Wald
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Relativity Relativity, Gravity & Cosmology by Cheng
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