Timeline for Mathematical Physics Book Recommendation
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| Dec 15, 2011 at 18:34 | history | edited | Chris Gerig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2011 at 18:32 | comment | added | Chris Gerig | @Harvey Sorry I should have included his coauthors for completeness. | |
| Dec 15, 2011 at 14:06 | comment | added | Malik Younsi | In my opinion, Nakahara's textbook is simply horrible in term of mathematical rigour, so it depends whether or not the OP comes from mathematics or physics. I do agree with you that it's quite torturous conversing with a physicist about geometry or topology whose only background is Nakahara's book! | |
| Dec 15, 2011 at 13:48 | comment | added | Jeff Harvey | Witten has two coauthors, Green and Schwarz. The textbook by Nakahara is not considered "mandatory" by most theoretical physicists. | |
| Dec 15, 2011 at 8:39 | history | answered | Chris Gerig | CC BY-SA 3.0 |