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A First Course in General Relativity
Second Edition
Clarity, readability, and bine in the second edition of this widely used textbook
to provide the first step into general relativity for undergraduate students with a minimal
background in mathematics.
Topics within relativity that fascinate astrophysical researchers and students alike are
covered with Schutz’s characteristic ease and authority – from black holes to gravitational
lenses, from pulsars to the study of the Universe as a whole. This edition now contains
recent discoveries by astronomers that require general relativity for their explanation; a
revised chapter on relativistic stars, including new information on pulsars; an entirely
rewritten chapter on cosmology; and an extended, comprehensive treatment of modern
gravitational wave detectors and expected sources.
Over 300 exercises, many new to this edition, give students the confidence to work with
general relativity and the necessary mathematics, whilst the informal writing style makes
the subject matter easily accessible. Password protected solutions for instructors are avail-
able at utz.
Bernard Schutz is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, a Profes-
sor at Cardiff University, UK, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Potsdam and
the University of Hannover, Germany. He is also a Principal Investigator of the GEO600
detector project and a member of the mittee of the LIGO Scientific Collab-
oration. Professor Schutz has been awarded the Amaldi Gold Medal of the Italian Society
for Gravitation.
A First Course in
General Relativity
Second Edition
Bernard F. Schutz
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
and
Cardiff University
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