written by
Charles Misner,
Kip S. Thorne, and
John A Wheeler
This text covers material for a graduate level course on gravitation physics and general relativity. Topics include flat spacetime, tools of modern geometry, Einstein's geometric framework for physics, applications such as pulsars and neutron stars, cosmology, gravitational collapse, and gravitational waves. It also includes information on experimental tests of General Relativity, superspace, and quantum geometrodynamics.
Get this book as soon as you can. I first saw it as a sophomore in HS and its wondrous mathematics frightened the bjesus out of me. Each year I would go back to the physics section at my local Barnes and Noble and gaze through its pages, and as my knowledge of mathematics increased so my fear did melt away. I purchased the text during my undergrad sophomore year and have been going through it whenever I have the time for the past 2.5 years. The book introduces tensors and differential forms very early on, which makes the calculations and derivations very elegant. The pictures and diagrams are huge and provide wonderful insight towards GR problems. Furthermore the text is filled with historical anectodes and pictures of famous physicists, which give it a truly majestic flavor. I assure you that the intro commentaries to every chapter will leave you smiling. To put it in the words of the authors, Geometrodynamics is a beautifull seductress. A must have for the library of any serious physicist.
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Author = "Charles Misner and Kip Thorne and John Wheeler",
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Number = {21 November 2009},
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Year = {1973}
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