General Relativity – N.M.J. Woodhouse

  • Newtonian Gravity
    • Special’ and ‘General’ Relativity
    • Newton’s Theory
    • Gravity and Relativity
    • The Equivalence Principle
    • Linearity and Light
    • The Starting Point
  • Inertial Coordinates and Tensors
    • Lorentz Transformations
    • Inertial Coordinates
      • The summation and range conventions
    • Four-Vectors
  • Energy-Momentum Tensors
  • Curved Space–Time
  • Tensor Calculus
  • Einstein’s Equation
  • Spherical Symmetry
  • Orbits in the Schwarzschild Space–Time
  • Black Holes
  • Rotating Bodies
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Redshift and Horizons
  • Appendix A: Notes on Exercises
  • Appendix B: Further problems