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Originally posted by gigi@Jan 16 2003, 01:48 PM
General relativity sounds very interesting.....maybe I'll delve into a few good books about. 
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Thorne's "Black Holes and Time Warps" is supposed to be pretty good but I haven't read it. Hawking's two bestsellers are very readable.
Einstein wrote a book called "Relativity". It's not bad but nor is it great. The Thorne and Hawking books would probably be more interesting.
If anyone wants to learn "the real thing", "Gravitation" by Wheeler, Misner, and Thorne will keep you busy for the next 5 years. My thesis advisor studied under Misner.