{"id":13287,"date":"2019-07-08T13:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T20:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=13287"},"modified":"2019-07-08T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T20:03:12","slug":"spacetime-and-geometry-now-at-cambridge-university-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/08\/spacetime-and-geometry-now-at-cambridge-university-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacetime and Geometry: Now at Cambridge University Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hard to believe it’s been 15 years since the publication of Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity<\/a><\/em>, my graduate-level textbook on everyone’s favorite theory of gravititation. The book has become quite popular, being used as a text in courses around the world. There are a lot of great GR books out there, but I felt another one was needed that focused solely on the idea of “teach students general relativity.” That might seem like an obvious goal, but many books also try to serve as reference books, or to put forward a particular idiosyncratic take on the subject. All I want to do is to teach you GR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And now I’m pleased to announce that the book is changing publishers, from Pearson to Cambridge University Press. Even with a new cover, shown above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must rush to note that it’s exactly the same book<\/strong>, just with a different publisher. Pearson was always good to me, I have no complaints there, but they are moving away from graduate physics texts, so it made sense to try to find S&G a safe permanent home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, there is one change: it’s cheaper! You can order the book either from CUP<\/a> directly, or from other outlets such as Amazon<\/a>. Copies had been going for roughly $100, but the new version lists for only $65 — and if the Amazon page is to be believed, it’s currently on sale for an amazing $46. That’s a lot of knowledge for a minuscule price. I’d rush to snap up copies for you and your friends, if I were you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My understanding is that copies of the new version are not quite in stores yet, but they’re being printed and should be there momentarily. Plenty of time for courses being taught this Fall. (Apologies to anyone who has been looking for the book over the past couple of months, when it’s been stuck between publishers while we did the handover.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again: it’s precisely the same book. I have thought about doing revisions to produce an actually new edition, but I think about many things, and that’s not a super-high priority right now. Maybe some day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to everyone who has purchased Spacetime and Geometry<\/em> over the years, and said such nice things about it. Here’s to the next generation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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