TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ryder, Lewis
TI  - Introduction to General Relativity 
SN  - 9781108798372 (pbk)
U1  - 530.11 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Special Relativity - Differential Geometry - Gravitomagnetic Effects - Cosmology
N1  - Contents

Preface,
Notation, Important formulae and physical constants,

1.Introduction
2.Special Relativity, Non-Internal Effects and Electromagnetism
3.Differential Geometry I:  Vectors, Different forms and absolute differentiation
4.Differential Geometry II: Geodesics and curvature
5.Einstein field equation, the Schwarzschild solution and experimental tests of general relativity
6.Gravitomagnetic effects: gyroscopes and clocks
7.Gravitational Collapse and Black Holes
8. Action Principle, Conservation Laws and the Cauchy Problem
9.Gravitational Radiation
10.Cosmology
11.Gravitation and Field Theory

References
Index
ER  -