Comment by senderista
3 days ago
One of the worst examples is Weinberg’s book on GR, which I found nearly unreadable due to the morass of coordinates/indices. So much more painful to learn from than Wald or other mathematically modern treatments of GR.
That's good to know about Wald. I bought a copy to finally get my head round General Relativity, but its brief explanation of Special Relativity right at the start made it clear that I hadn't properly understood that, which led to me getting Gourgoulhon's book. I should be better placed to tackle it now.
Weinberg ≠ Wald. Wald's book is great! (For GR, of course, not SR.)
Indeed! I meant that it's good to know Wald is mathematically modern and not encrusted with coordinates. Saves me buying another book :-D
(The comment I replied to mentioned both.)
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