shminux comments on Open Thread, August 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 03 August 2012 09:16:58PM 0 points [-]

In my experience Hartle is easier and more engaging. It also relies on at most two years of undergrad math for non-math majors. Spivak, while fascinating, is a much more advanced book. Again, it is great for math majors, but there are much gentler ways to learn diff. forms and topology for a physicist.