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M_Grey on Oct 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: So You Want to Learn Physics

I can't recommend the book, 'Prime Obsession' by John Derbyshire enough. 'Gravity' by Hartle is invaluable and quite accessible. If you have a strong background in calculus, you can also check out 'Gravitation' by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler.

joeberon on Oct 12, 2016 [–]

Hartle is nice. My GR course I'm doing right now uses that. If you have done a bit of calculus of variations it's nice.

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