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An Introduction to Relativistic Gravitation

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This book represents, in my view, the best introduction to relativistic gravitation. The sequence of subtopics flows well and the "pictures" go a long way toward strengthening the written content.

Not, however, a book for the mathematically faint-at-heart; for a fairly untroubled reading one should have no fear of tensor analysis and some knowledge of differential forms is helpful. Finally, The translator (Dr. Andrew King) did a great job of crafting an intelligible English version.

If you are genuinely interested in this area of Physics, I recommend that you check this book out. However, if you're unwilling to engage in some serious thinking, I suggest you consider another topic altogether.

Relativistic Gravitation exceeded all my expectations for what I wanted to learn. I am only fifteen years old so i thought that an introduction would take me into this field of physics. I understood most of the book, except for the math. I thought it would help if he took the reader throug the math. This subject is incredibly interersting and the author did a great job.