Lecture Notes on General Relativity
by Sean M. Carroll
Publisher: University of California 1997
Number of pages: 238
Description:
These notes represent approximately one semester's worth of lectures on introductory general relativity for beginning graduate students in physics. Topics include manifolds, Riemannian geometry, Einstein’s equations, and three applications: gravitational radiation, black holes, and cosmology.
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