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I remember a while back there was a post by one of Prof. Sussman's grad students on books he (Sussman) recommends[0]. One of the books (improbably[1] prescribed for high school students) was Space and Time in Special Relativity by David Mermin. Does anyone have experience reading this book as a way to learn special relativity?

[0] http://aurellem.org/thoughts/html/sussman-reading-list.html

[1] One of the other books recommended for high-schoolers - Quantum Computing Since Democritus by Scott Aaronson - I found very dense despite having a bachelor's degree (and no small amount of extracurricular interest) in the subject matter.



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