A Student's Manual for A First Course in General Relativity, Third Edition

Robert B. Scott teaches in the physics department at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, where he specialises in general relativity, special relativity, and cosmology. He previously held postdoctoral research positions at University College London and Princeton University before becoming a research scientist at the University of Texas at Austin. His research includes geophysical fluid dynamics, ocean turbulence, the visualization of curved spacetimes, and biophysics.

'Robert B. Scott has done a great service to students and instructors alike by compiling this superb Student's Manual to Bernard Schutz's A First Course in General Relativity, a classic introductory textbook on general relativity. Not only does Scott present exquisitely detailed solutions to Schutz's exercises, he also proposes a large number of his own problems to further test the student's understanding. The student will benefit greatly from this resource, and will be eased into the subject by Scott's excellent advice.' Eric Poisson, University of Guelph, Ontario

• Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1.Special relativity; 2. Vector analysis in special relativity; 3. Tensor analysis in special relativity; 4. Perfect fluids in special relativity; 5. Preface to curvature; 6. Curved Manifolds; 7. Physics in curved spacetime; 8. The Einstein field equations; 9. Fundamentals of gravitational radiation; 10. Spherical solutions for stars; 11. Schwarzschild geometry and black holes; 12. Gravitational wave astronomy; 13. Cosmology; Appendix A. Acronyms and definitions; Appendix B. Useful results; References; Index.