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Special Relativity

Before delving into general relativity in a more technical way, one must get up to speed on special relativity. Here are two excellent texts for this:


Introduction to Special Relativity, W. Rindler (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991).


Spacetime Physics: Introduction to Special Relativity, E. F. Taylor and J. A. Wheeler (W. H. Freeman, New York, 1992).



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