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Re:Applications of Classical Physics by mhh__ on Sunday May 11, 2025 @08:39PM (#43958566)
The thing with MTW is that it's so big that it's quite hard to really mull over it (for me at least).

it's a book that I can imagine reading a lot in a very quiet world (i.e. basically a dorm or library before phones or computers) but it's very hard to actually get my teeth into it without that.

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Re:Applications of Classical Physics by kurthr on Sunday May 11, 2025 @09:30PM (#43958812)
Yeah, unless you're taking a class like ph236 covering the material it's just absurd.

I hadn't realized it, but it looks like this new book is for ph136 the junior level (1st year grad) general rel prep class.

https://www.its.caltech.edu/~esp/ph136b/text.html

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Re:Applications of Classical Physics by mhh__ on Sunday May 11, 2025 @10:25PM (#43959092)
"General relativity for the gifted amateur" just came out by the way. I suspect an instant classic. I am very rusty so shall be going through it.
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