Recommended books on differential forms

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As in the title , I recently somehow want to learn differential form , but ,actually , I do not really know where I should start , or what books I should read ..

So,can anyone recommend some useful books ?
 

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As in the title , I recently somehow want to learn differential form , but ,actually , I do not really know where I should start , or what books I should read ..

So,can anyone recommend some useful books ?

"Advanced calculus: A differential forms approach", by Harold M. Edwards

"A Geometric Approach to Differential Forms", by David Bachman
 
Bachman's book is excellent for a geometric understanding. The book of Henri Cartan is also outstanding, but more advanced than Bachman. I myself first overcame my fear of forms by reading the elementary exposition by Harley Flanders in an MAA book on global geometry.
 
The stuff about forms in "Introduction to smooth manifolds" by John M. Lee is very good.
 
Have a look at this link: http://www.math.cornell.edu/~sjamaar/classes/3210/
I would download the notes and get Weinstraub's book which is excellent as introduction.
 
 
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Have a look at this link: http://www.math.cornell.edu/~sjamaar/classes/3210/
I would download the notes and get Weinstraub's book which is excellent as introduction.