Relativity
Learning and science
physics textbook
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Concise, solid introduction to GR
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I had a quick look and this seems like a solid, concise intro to GR. The article https://people.carleton.edu/~nchriste/PTO000041.pdf gives an overview of the ways and books to…
musgravepeter on HNThis is great and way better then the more long-winded textbook explanations. Math is around for a reason and it's good to see it at work by compressing a lot of material into…
monday_ on HN
Useful outline and well-ordered sections
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Maybe call it "The Mathematics of Relativity"? It works well as an outline from my point of view, but I think you have to assume the reader already understands the Lagrangian in…
powera on HNFor those of us with that background, it looks like it might be really useful though. I've only had a brief look so far, but as somebody who took all the pure courses in my maths…
jvvw on HN
Objections
Very dense, hard to follow without strong math background
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I'm not sure who this is supposed to be useful to; I'm not sure how anybody can understand it unless they have completed an undergraduate degree in math AND already have a solid…
powera on HNMaybe call it "The Mathematics of Relativity"? It works well as an outline from my point of view, but I think you have to assume the reader already understands the Lagrangian in…
powera on HN
Too much material in the GR section
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Maybe call it "The Mathematics of Relativity"? It works well as an outline from my point of view, but I think you have to assume the reader already understands the Lagrangian in…
powera on HN
Requests
EPUB version
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Would you mind making this available as an EPUB?
Deutscher on HN
A similar primer on QFT
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This is great and way better then the more long-winded textbook explanations. Math is around for a reason and it's good to see it at work by compressing a lot of material into…
monday_ on HN
Questions
Intuitive explanation of why time dilation and length contraction happen
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@fferen Thank you for sharing your work. This is an excellent resource. If you don’t mind, I have a question. If I drive in a straight line on the Earth’s surface without…
drewolbrich on HNApologies, I didn't mean to suggest that the two concepts are related. For SR, I'm looking for an answer to "why?" that only has same satisfying flavor as the sphere question. I…
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Alternatives named
Hartle's Gravity book
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I had a quick look and this seems like a solid, concise intro to GR. The article https://people.carleton.edu/~nchriste/PTO000041.pdf gives an overview of the ways and books to…
musgravepeter on HN
Taylor and Wheeler's Spacetime Physics
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I've always had a fondness for Taylor and Wheeler's "Spacetime Physics". https://www.eftaylor.com/spacetimephysics/
wnoise on HN
Sean Carroll's Biggest Ideas in the Universe videos
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I recommend Sean Carroll’s “Biggest Ideas in the Universe” series on YouTube for modern physics. He’s a professor at CalTech. Each is 60-90 minutes with an accompanying 60-90…
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Einstein's Relativity book
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That seems a reasonable complaint. For relativity with more explanation and not much math I suggest Relativity (The Special and the General Theory) by Albert Einstein, 1916.…
dieselerator on HN