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Einstein's theory of relativity
The reader is assumed to have but little mathematical knowledge. Topics covered includes: Geometry and Cosmology, The Fundamental Laws of Classical Mechanics, The Newtonian World-System, The Fundamental Laws of Optics, The Fundamental Laws of Electrodynamics and Einstein's Special Principle of Relativity.
Author(s): Max Born, Henry L. Brose
322 Pages 
Introduction to Special Relativity
This note covers Reference frames, The postulates of special relativity, Consequences of the relativity postulates, Proper time and the invariant interval, Lorentz transformations I, Applications of the Lorentz transformation, The pole and barn paradox, Relativistic velocity addition formula, The twin paradox, Lorentz transformation II, The position 2 vector, 2 vectors, The velocity 2 vector, The energy momentum 2 vector, Binding energies and relativistic kinematics.
Author(s): Paul Renteln
81 Pages
General Relativity by Chris Blake
This book discusses one of the crowning achievements of modern physics: the General Theory of Relativity (GR). Major topics covered includes: Special Relativity, Index Notation, Electromagnetism, Accelerated Motion, Equivalence Principle, Curved Space and Metrics, Geodesics, Tensors, Black Holes, Einstein Equation and Cosmology.
Author(s): Chris Blake
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Theory of Special Relativity by Nadia L. Zakamska
This note covers the following topics: Principle of Relativity, Lorentz transform, Simultaneous events, causally connected events, Addition of velocities, 4-vectors: velocity, energy-momentum, Energy-momentum of photon, Doppler effect, aberration, Relativistic dynamics, Electromagnetic fields in different frames.
Author(s): Nadia L. Zakamska
101 Pages
General Relativity and Cosmology
This book explains the following topics: Frames of Reference, Newtonian Relativity, Einsteinian Relativity, Geometry of Flat Spacetime, Electrodynamics in Special Relativity.
Author(s): James Cresser
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Lecture Notes on General Relativity
The aim of these lecture notes is to provide a reasonably self-contained introduction to General Relativity, including a variety of applications of the theory, ranging from the solar system to gravitational waves, black holes and cosmology. This book covers the following topics: Physics in a Gravitational Field and General Covariance, General Relativity and Geometry, Dynamics of the Gravitational Field, General Relativity and the Solar System, Black Holes, Cosmology, Varia, Kaluza-Klein Theory.
Author(s): Matthias Blau
938 Pages
This note covers the following topics: Symmetry and Invariance, Relativistic Kinematics, Variational Calculus, Relativistic Dynamics and Particle Physics, The Equivalence Principle and General Relativity, Relativity and Electromagnetism, General Relativity and Cosmology.
Author(s): Prof. Max Tegmark
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Notes on Relativistic Dynamics [PDF]
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Special Relativity and Geometry [PS]
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A Short Course on General Relativity (PS)
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Introduction to General Relativity [PS]
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Notes on Special Relativity (PDF 78p)
This note covers the following topics: Frames of Reference and Newton’s Laws, The Speed of Light, Michelson-morley Experiment, Special Relativity, The Lorentz Transformations, Time Dilation, Adding Velocities: A Walk On The Train, Relativistic Dynamics, Mass and Energy, Energy and Momentum In Lorentz Transformations, Transforming Energy Into Mass and How Relativity Connects Electric and Magnetic Fields.
Author(s): Michael Fowler, University of Virginia
78 Pages
Special Relativity David W. Hogg [PDF 53p]
This note covers the following topics: Principles of relativity, Time dilation and length contraction, Geometry of spacetime, The Lorentz transformation, Causality and the interval, Relativistic mechanics.
Author(s): David W. Hogg
53 Pages
Understanding General Relativity
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Relativity The Special and General Theory
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Lecture notes for Special Relativity
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