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Books for general relativity

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Differentiating Propagator, Green's function, Correlation function, etc

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What is information?

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Graduate Physics Problems Books

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What is known about the topological structure of spacetime?

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Don't heavier objects actually fall faster because they exert their own gravity?

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How does light bend around my finger tip?

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Superluminal neutrinos

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Why is quantum entanglement considered to be an active link between particles?

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Superfields and the Inconsistency of regularization by dimensional reduction

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What is spontaneous symmetry breaking in quantum systems?

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What is a field, really?

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Can Maxwell's equations be derived from Coulomb's Law and Special Relativity?

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Does the $\frac{4}{3}$ problem of classical electromagnetism remain in quantum mechanics?

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Why does Stephen Hawking say black holes don't exist?

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Is it necessary to consume energy to perform computation?

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How do I explain to a six year old why people on the other side of the Earth don't fall off? [closed]

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Amal

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Is there a Lagrangian formulation of statistical mechanics?

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Why do shadows from the sun join each other when near enough?

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How should a physics student study mathematics? [closed]

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Quantum Entanglement - What's the big deal?

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A list of inconveniences between quantum mechanics and (general) relativity?

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Why don't metals bond when touched together?

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What is the actual significance of the amplituhedron?

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Why do we not have spin greater than 2?

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What's inside a proton?

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Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed?

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Generic Error

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Why does NASA use gold foil on equipment and gold-coated visors?

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How can I stand on the ground? EM or/and Pauli?

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Reading the Feynman lectures in 2012

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Best books for mathematical background?

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How can you weigh your own head in an accurate way?

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Number theory in Physics [closed]

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Surviving under water in air bubble

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Why do people categorically dismiss some simple quantum models?

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Gauge symmetry is not a symmetry?

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How does gravity escape a black hole?

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Is Angular Momentum truly fundamental?

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If you view the Earth from far enough away can you observe its past?

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What really allows airplanes to fly?

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Why are mirror images flipped horizontally but not vertically?

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What experiment would disprove string theory?

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What software programs are used to draw physics diagrams, and what are their relative merits?

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Books that every physicist should read

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Common false beliefs in Physics [closed]

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Resource recommendations [closed]

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List of freely available physics books

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Cooling a cup of coffee with help of a spoon

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