Re: General Relativity



Zack wrote:
I was wondering if anybody could help me. I am currently a student of
Mathematics and Physics at a university. However, my university does
not offer a class on GR and I am having trouble finding a book to use
to teach myself. Does, anybody know a good book?

Ray d'Inverno's book "Introducing Einstein's Relativity" is probably at about the right level. Or Rindler's "Essential Relativity".

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