(BQ) Part 1 book "A first course in general relativity" has contents: Special relativity, vector analysis in special relativity, tensor analysis in special relativity, perfect fluids in special relativity, preface to curvature, curved manifolds. | This page intentionally left blank A First Course in General Relativity Second Edition Clarity, readability, and rigor combine in the second edition of this widely used textbook to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal background in mathematics. Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are covered with Schutz’s characteristic ease and authority – from black holes to gravitational lenses, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This edition now contains recent discoveries by astronomers that require general relativity for their explanation; a revised chapter on relativistic stars, including new information on pulsars; an entirely rewritten chapter on cosmology; and an extended, comprehensive treatment of modern gravitational wave detectors and expected sources. Over 300 exercises, many new to this edition, give students the confidence to work with general relativity and the necessary mathematics, whilst the informal writing style makes the subject matter easily accessible. Password protected solutions for instructors are available at . Bernard Schutz is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, a Profes- sor at Cardiff University, UK, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Potsdam and the University of Hannover, Germany. He is also a Principal Investigator of the GEO600 detector project and a member of the Executive Committee of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. Professor Schutz has been awarded the Amaldi Gold Medal of the Italian Society for Gravitation. A First Course in General Relativity Second Edition Bernard F. Schutz Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) and Cardiff .
