This textbook provides students with a sound mathematical introduction coupled to an understanding of the physical insights needed to explore the subject.

1. Overview: The organization of the book PART A: Special relativity 2. The K-calculus 3. The key attributes of special relativity 4. The elements of relativistic mechanics PART B: The formalism of tensors 5. Tensor algebra 6. Tensor Calculus 7. Integration, Variation, and Symmetry PART C: General Relativity 8. Special Relativity Revisited 9. The Principles of General Relativity 10. The Field Equations of General Relativity 11. General Relativity from a Variation Principle 12. The Energy-Momentum Tensor 13. The Structure of the Field Equations 14. The Schwarzschild Solution 15. Experimental Tests of General Relativity PART D: Black Holes 16. Non-Rotating Black Holes 17. Maximal Extension and Conformal Compactification 18. Charged Black Holes 19. Rotating Black Holes PART E: Gravitational Waves 20. Plane Gravitational Waves 21. Radiation from an Isolated Source PART F: Cosmology 22. Relativistic Cosmology 23. Cosmological Models

Ray d'InvernoLecturer at the Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton

`Ray d'Inverno's Introducing Einstein's Relativity seems to have done a wonderful job of taming what many undergraduates consider a ferocious course. The book has a large, reader-friendly format, with a lot of illustrations. Important equations are highlighted in boxes and the reader does not have to wade through an undifferentiated mass of tensor calculus.' New Scientist |d 16/12/1992