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Title: Poor choice of textbook
Review: I chose this book as the text for an undergraduate mathematics seminar, thinking that the studentswould like something very elementary. Unfortunately, the book's presentation isn't simply pedestrian---it is completely muddled. Many elementary points are presented via circular arguments which simply left the students baffled and confused. It is a real pity to see an elegant subject like general relativity butcheredso thoroughly. In retrospect, it would have been far better to first have them read Rindler's ESSENTIALRELATIVITY, and then give them selected excerpts from the elementary track of GRAVITATION by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler.
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