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Untangling General Relativity : The Intuitive Self-Study Guide
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"I remember my introduction to general relativity. It was an online course that bombarded my brain with a blizzard of mathematics: parallel transport, covariant derivatives, Riemann tensors,Ricci tensors, Christoffel symbols (known affectionately as Cripes-they're-awful symbols), the energy-momentum tensor, the Schwarzschild metric, the cosmological constant... I could go on and on. My gut reaction was to recoil in horror and wonder how any normal human being can understand the subject. I suspect this is the reaction of many students, which is why I have written this book."-- Provided by publishe
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- ISBN-13: 9781394355853
- ISBN-10: 1394355858
- Publisher: Wiley
- Publish Date: November 2025
- Dimensions: 10.71 x 8.61 x 0.81 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.95 pounds
- Page Count: 336
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