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# Einstein's Theory: A Rigorous Introduction for the Mathematically Untrained 2011th Edition

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Climbing up a Modern Pyramid To Decipher the Language of GR ...
*by V***N on February 28, 2015*

"One day," writes Oyvind Gron, "the seventy three year old philosopher Arne Naes appeared at my graduate course on general relativity. He immediately decided that a new type of introduction to the general theory of relativity is needed: an introduction designed to meet the requirements of non-science educated people wanting to get a thorough understanding of this, most remarkable, theory."Imagine you are deeply curious about concepts of Einstein' theory beyond just misleading popularized qualitative descriptions or strict quantitative textbooks, imagine you are an educated person who has forgotten some basic high school maths but likes to master the field of relativity as excellent as a graduate student, imagine you are a thinker, philosopher or a theoretician who likes to compare her/his concepts of space and time versus that of Einstein in General Relativity ... in all these cases, this book is for you if and only if you are a patient reader.The book is unique in its genre: not only it starts with low level maths to arrive at the core of one of the most sophisticated theories of the last century, but it is the fruit of corporation between an interested philosopher (Arne Naes) and a professor of physics (Oyvind Gron). It is therefore neither a vulgarized version of the theory, even when it goes into the qualitative discussions, nor a strict textbook jumping between mathematical formulas and mistaking the mathematical formalism with the reality.In other words, although the books deal with mathematics of GR (the general relativity) the authors are aware that beyond the equations are hidden wonders and curious concepts rooted in Einstein's inventive imagination.The book is in fact written for a reader whose urge for a deeper understanding of Einstein' theory is armed him/her with sufficient patience to climb, step by step, up the mathematical pyramid and decipher the glyphs in which one of the most outstanding theories of the last century has been written.Does it mean that the book is "perfect"? Not at all! Despite all the efforts by the authors, the reader might sometime feel lost, or discovers that the subject could have been explained more clearly, or the philosophical or mathematical points could be deeper or more radical but the point is that: whereas in such cases the reader may rely on many other references (including her/his own notes and ideas), hardly can s/he find any other book which is on a par with the current book.As Arne Naes puts it, according to "Sir Arthur Eddington, ... mathematical physics cannot be understood through popularisations" That is the reason beyond the structure of the book and at the end we should confirm the claim made by the authors of the book who "venture to suggest the understanding acquired by the reader [of this book] may be deeper than what is necessary for completing graduate courses ... Only patience is needed."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really good for beginner but best If you do know some calculus
*by K***H on October 8, 2018*

I agree with many reviews. If you are truly untrained at math, this is a tall order. I know calculus but am 20 years out of college. I frankly loved the upfront section and the teaching of trigonometry and basic calculus. I was impressed. The section on tensors was not sufficient though and the outer product description left me totally unclear. I used another book to help (students guide to vectors and tensors I think is the name). The gradual build up to relativity was great. I do believe there were some errors (not many) — I could not find any errata docs on the internet anywhere. Some errors were obvious, but some I’m not sure on. Most descriptions were great but I can’t say all was 100% clear (might be me).I just bought the book by Wald, thinking that perhaps I could tackle the harder stuff. Nope. It’s discussion is way way denser and assumes way more knowledge about Manifolds. I’m going to try to find something between this book and Wald’s.Oh - I read the Kindle version. Overall, fine. But in a few spots the equations were distorted. Usually easy to tell but has the potential to trip you up. Rare, but real.Still, I really am happy to have found this book. Learned a lot about general relativity and how it is applied (at least at a basic level).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I also loved the section on inflation
*by M***H on September 15, 2017*

This book is a rare gem. It has a solid review of the mathematics you need to be able to do special and general relativity. For that part of the book, it is a review rather than a first time presentation. Keep that in mind.The real strength of the book is when it gets to talking about the mathematics needed for general relativity. The coverage of Christoffel symbols is outstanding, and includes drawings and explanation I have not found anywhere else. I also loved the section on inflation. While basic, it shows how the inflation mechanism can come right out of the equations. Beautiful.For a physics student this is a solid companion to study relativity. For a physicist in another discipline who wants to learn relativity on their own, it is hard to beat this book. But, please realize you have to know practical advanced mathematics and have a solid physics background to use this book. It is not for the total novice.

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