Ebook: General relativity

Part 1. The General Theory of Relativity -- Introduction -- Physics in External Gravitational Fields -- Einstein's Field Equations -- Part 2. Applications of General Relativity -- The Schwarzschild Solution and Classical Tests of General Relativity -- Weak Gravitational Fields -- The Post-Newtonian Approximation -- White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars -- Black Holes -- The Positive Mass Theorem -- Essentials of Friedmann-Lemaître Models -- Part 3. Differential Geometry -- Differentiable Manifolds -- Tangent Vectors, Vector and Tensor Fields -- The Lie Derivative -- Differential Forms -- Affine Connections -- Some Details and Supplements