Modern General Relativity: Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and Cosmology (Instructor Res. n. 2 of 3, Lectures)

This book introduces undergraduate and graduate students to the topic of general relativity, stressing the connection to modern topics such as gamma-ray bursts, black holes, and gravitational waves. Mathematically self-contained and with hundreds of examples and problems throughout, it is suitable for learning in a classroom setting or through self-study. Based around a course that the author has been teaching for many years, this modern textbook introduces the reader to the general theory of relativity using an example-based approach, before describing its most important applications in cosmology and astrophysics, such as gamma-ray bursts, neutron stars, black holes, and gravitational waves