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MTW ("the telephone book") is definitely not an undergrad textbook (although you might be able to cobble together an undergrad course out of bits and pieces of
by senderista 2y ago
MTW ("the telephone book") is definitely not an undergrad textbook (although you might be able to cobble together an undergrad course out of bits and pieces of it). It is very heavy on intuition and visualization, though, which is why I like it (e.g. the "egg carton" visualization of differential forms).
- abdullahkhalids 2y agoFrom the preface of MTW: > It supplies two tracks through the subject. The first track ... is suitable for a one-semester course at the junior or senior level or in graduate school. As you say, it picks out bits and pieces that an undergrad can understand. Today, there are better GR books, so use those.
- senderista 2y agoThere are certainly many better GR books (going back at least as far as Wald), but there's still nothing quite like the whimsy of MTW.