Hans C. Ohanian (University of Vermont) and Remo Ruffini (University of Rome). Publisher: Cambridge University Press . Length: 546 pages. Level: Advanced undergraduate to postgraduate. Core Curriculum
I stopped scrolling. I started reading the comments instead of the text. It was a diary of a previous student’s struggle, preserved in digital amber. It was a ghost in the machine. ohanian gravitation and spacetime pdf
Page 210: "This derivation is cleaner than Wald. Why didn't we use this in class?" Page 215: "Professor is wrong. See equation 14.5." Page 300: "I hate differential geometry. I hate it." Hans C
Unlike many general relativity (GR) texts that begin with the abstract mathematics of curved manifolds, Ohanian and Ruffini take a "field-theoretic" approach: Linear Start Length: 546 pages
: Newtonian theory, special relativity, and the energy-momentum tensor.
Rμν - 1/2Rgμν = (8πG/c^4)Tμν
