One of the most interesting aspects of this subject is that it brings the student to our modern understanding of the earliest recognized of the fundamental forces of nature, i. This is einsteins famous strong equivalence principle and it makes general relativity an extension of special relativity to a curved spacetime. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf lectures on general relativity article pdf available in general relativity and gravitation 345. Lecture notes on general relativity matthiasblau albert einstein center for fundamental physics. Download direct to your kindle device for instant, offline reading this book is a rigorous text for students in physics and mathematics requiring an introduction to the implications and interpretation of general relativity in areas of cosmology.
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