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5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Step-2 in Learning Modern General Relativity., May 22 2002

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This is a very good book on modern relativity and cosmology; although a few imporant astronomical findings were made AFTER the publication. The authors work very hard (and long!) in explaning the material to the readers.

However, you won't like the book if it is your first step towards general relativity OR you are very eager to learn it. This is simply because the development of the subject is very slow, and the length of the book will give you the false impression that general relativity takes years to understand (although it may take sometime to believe). The theory itself doesn't take very long to undersand, but it's implications may.

DON'T turn to this book for an introduction to Special Relativity(SR). It assumes you already know it and puts (SR) in a geometric language. Frist learn basic SR from any modern physics book.

Likewise, for reasons given earlier, your Step-1 towards general relativity, should be Foster and Nighangle's book: 'A Short Course in General Relativity'.Because it is short,less demanding, and covers the basics clearly and completely. The fact that Foster's book uses old notation is not a disadavantage. Only when you see how meesy the old notation is, you will appriciate the modern notation of Thorne's.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Intro, July 16 2009

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This books is a good for anyone who wants a broad understanding of general relativity. It gives a complete (as of the 70s) overview of the topic. It is not as rigorous as RM Wald's book but this may be an advantage for those who don't have the time to dedicate to rigour.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a true classic, Nov 22 2003

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I believe this is a must for every theoretical physicists.
This is a huge book containing so much information. I could
say it is flawless, and it virtually has no typos(Look at
books on superstring published so far). This is one of the
best books in a hundred years. Read it with Wald's General
Relativity.

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