How to learn Einstein's Relativity

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A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime ("Scientific American" Library)
1.  A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime ("Scientific American" Library) by John Archibald Wheeler
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  "For an overall understanding of Special and General Relativity, qualitative and delightful concepts."
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Special Relativity (MIT Introductory Physics)
2.  Special Relativity (MIT Introductory Physics) by A.P. French
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  "An experimental approach and a classical book to start seriously quantitatively"
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Spacetime Physics: Introduction to Special Relativity
3.  Spacetime Physics: Introduction to Special Relativity by Edwin F. Taylor
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  "Understand deeply the concepts of Special Relativity and study it carefully"
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Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
4.  Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
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Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity: An Introduction to General Relativity
5.  Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity: An Introduction to General Relativity by Edwin F. Taylor
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  "Slightly jumping over General Relativity and familiarise with its formulation"
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Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program)
6.  Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy (Commonwealth Fund Book Program) by Kip S. Thorne
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  "What about learning the history from discovering Relativity to understanding Black Holes?"
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A Short Course in General Relativity
7.  A Short Course in General Relativity by James Foster
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Gravity from the Ground Up: An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity
8.  Gravity from the Ground Up: An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity by Bernard Schutz
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A First Course in General Relativity
9.  A First Course in General Relativity by Bernard F. Schutz
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Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity
10.  Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity by Sean Carroll
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  "Veryyy good book, deeply developed and comprehensive. The jump to an advanced treatment"
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Gravitation (Physics Series)
11.  Gravitation (Physics Series) by Charles W. Misner
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  "THE BIBLE, but in some parts hard to follow if you lack knowledge in other subjects of Physics. Very good for reference"
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Geometrical Methods of Mathematical Physics
12.  Geometrical Methods of Mathematical Physics by Bernard F. Schutz
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  "Just a good compendium of mathematical tools well explained (may be read this one before the last two)"
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Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition (Graduate Student Series in Physics)
13.  Geometry, Topology and Physics, Second Edition (Graduate Student Series in Physics) by Mikio Nakahara
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  "Very advanced mathematical tools for most theoretical physics"
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General Relativity
14.  General Relativity by Wald
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  "Advanced Book for graduates. Highly mathematical."
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The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics)
15.  The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) by S. W. Hawking
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  "Another very advanced book on black holes, cosmology and advanced applications of Einstein's theory"
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Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
16.  Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity by Steven Weinberg
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  "One of the very classics (using the original old-fashioned Einstein's approach) but hard to find"
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Cosmological Physics (Cambridge Astrophysics)
17.  Cosmological Physics (Cambridge Astrophysics) by J. A. Peacock
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  "One of the big applications of Relativity."
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Principles of Physical Cosmology (Princeton Series in Physics)
18.  Principles of Physical Cosmology (Princeton Series in Physics) by Phillip James Edwin Peebles
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The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences)
19.  The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences) by S. Chandrasekhar
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Feynman Lectures on Gravitation (Penguin Press Science)
20.  Feynman Lectures on Gravitation (Penguin Press Science) by John Preskill
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Introducing Einstein's Relativity
21.  Introducing Einstein's Relativity by Ray d'Inverno
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Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation
22.  Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation by A. Lightman
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Modern Cosmology: Anisotropies and Inhomogeneities in the Universe
23.  Modern Cosmology: Anisotropies and Inhomogeneities in the Universe by Scott Dodelson
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Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics
24.  Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics by Clifford M. Will
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The Geometry of Physics: An Introduction
25.  The Geometry of Physics: An Introduction by Theodore Frankel
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  "Mathematical methods, peculiar notation sometimes but very good and deep insight on geometry!"
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