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The General Relativity Tutorial
This note provides an informal introduction to that beautiful and amazingly accurate theory of gravity called general relativity. The goal is to explain the basic equation in this theory - Einstein's equation - with a minimum of fuss and muss.
Author(s): John Baez
NA Pages 
Lecture Notes on Relativity by Juan A. Valiente Kroon
This note explains the following topics: Special relativity, Prelude to general relativity, Differential geometry and tensor calculus, Curvature and general relativity.
Author(s): Dr. Juan A. Valiente Kroon,University of London
80 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
NA Pages
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
NA Pages
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
This a textbook on special relativity, aimed at undergraduates who have already completed a freshman survey course. The treatment of electromagnetism assumes previous exposure to Maxwell's equations in integral form, but no knowledge of vector calculus. Topics covered includes: Spacetime, Foundations, Kinematics, Dynamics, Inertia, Waves, Coordinates, Rotation, Flux and Electromagnetism.
Author(s): Benjamin Crowell
236 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
NA Pages
Understanding Special Relativity
The purpose of this note is to introduce the theory of special relativity in an easily understandable way.Covered topics are: The 2 Postulates, The Relativity of Simultaneity, Length Contraction, Time Dilation, Lorentz Transformation, The Metric, The Twins Paradox, Moving faster than light?, Velocity Composition, Relativistic Dynamics and The 4-vector approach.
Author(s): Rafi Moor
NA Pages
The General Relativity Tutorial
This note provides an informal introduction to that beautiful and amazingly accurate theory of gravity called general relativity. The goal is to explain the basic equation in this theory - Einstein's equation - with a minimum of fuss and muss.
Author(s): John Baez
NA Pages
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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Lecture Notes on General Relativity [Notes PS]
This note covers the following topics: Special relativity, Basic concepts of general relativity, Spherically symmetric spacetimes, Differential geometry and Variational principles.
Author(s): Petr Hadrava
NA 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
Lecture Notes on General Relativity [Sean M. Carroll]
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Relativity The Special and General Theory
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