A First Course in General Relativity
Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, (June 2009)Abstract
Clarity, readability and rigor combine in the second edition of this
widely-used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity
forundergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics.
Topics withinrelativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers
and students alike arecovered with Schutz's characteristic ease and
authority - from black holes togravitational lenses, from pulsars
to the study of the Universe as a whole.This edition now contains
discoveries by astronomers that require generalrelativity for their
explanation; a revised chapter on relativistic stars,including new
information on pulsars; an entirely rewritten chapter oncosmology;
and an extended, comprehensive treatment of modern detectors andexpected
sources. Over 300 exercises, many new to this edition, give studentsthe
confidence to work with general relativity and the necessary mathematics,whilst
the informal writing style makes the subject matter easily accessible.