Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell by A. Zee

Hello everyone,

In this section of the blog I am going to try something new.

One technique that I find particularly effective for learning new physics/math is to simply find a compelling textbook, and to work through the exercises, effectively rewriting the solutions manual to the textbook from scratch. Well, I have just started working through this awesome textbook on general relativity called Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell by A. Zee, and have been doing many of the exercises at the end of the chapters. I thought that I might as well start an online repository of the solutions I have worked out in case someone else might find them useful.

I should say that I have access to the solutions manual to the textbook from Princeton University Press, but I have tried to use it minimally. I have also tried to indicate in the documents where I have relied on the solutions manual. So, having said that, it should be understood that these solutions are my own work, carried out for personal growth. They are not complete, and parts of them may be incorrect. But I have enjoyed working on this book so far. Feel free to download and make use of the PDFs. I hope you find them helpful.

Happy physicsing :)

Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell: Section I.1 –– Newton’s Laws