An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity
by James B. Hartle
Recommended by Brian Cox
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Physics, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
The aim of this groundbreaking new text is to bring general relativity into the undergraduate curriculum and make this fundamental theory accessible to all physics majors. Using a "physics first" approach to the subject, renowned relativist James B. Hartle provides a fluent and accessible introduction that uses a minimum of new mathematics and is i...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Physics, Most Recommended Books, and Science.
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Brian Cox
“(1) is easy there are two components, but for distant galaxies the socalled ‘proper motion’ is negligible. (2) You need a little GR. Look up cosmological redshift. The best intro text book in my view is Hartle the calculation is in section 18.2.”
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