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There are lots of easier textbooks, all of them less...wordy. Wald's is the industry standard these days. Schutz, Carroll, and D'Inverno are all good introdu
by auntienomen 9y ago
There are lots of easier textbooks, all of them less...wordy. Wald's is the industry standard these days. Schutz, Carroll, and D'Inverno are all good introductions. If you're really pressed for time, Dirac wrote an intro to GR which is about as short as humanly possible. It omits most of the geometry though.
- analog31 9y agoThanks. I do want the geometry, but I just don't want to get killed by it. ;-)
- ewjordan 9y ago+1 for Wald - MTW is great, but it's really dense, and takes some odd approaches that are not really common in the field. Wald stays lean and tight, while still covering the important stuff. You'll probably find MTW a lot more approachable after working through a few less beastly texts.