Relativity and gravity books
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Relativity
Albert EinsteinEinstein's own short, non-technical account of both theories, written for general readers.
Space, Time and Gravitation
Arthur Stanley EddingtonAn early English-language exposition of general relativity by a physicist who helped test it in 1919.
The ABC of Relativity
Bertrand RussellA philosopher's accessible introduction to relativity and its implications for how we think about space and time.
Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity
Steven WeinbergA graduate text that approaches general relativity and cosmology with a particle physicist's emphasis.
The Large Scale Structure of Space-time
G. F. R. EllisA mathematically rigorous treatment of singularities and causal structure, central to black hole theory.
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More relativity and gravity books
- General Relativity
General RelativityRobert M. Wald - Was Einstein Right?
Was Einstein Right?Clifford M. Will - Black Holes and Time Warps
Black Holes and Time WarpsKip S. Thorne - Spacetime and Geometry
Spacetime and GeometrySean M. Carroll - Gravity
GravityJames B. Hartle - The Fabric of the Cosmos
The Fabric of the CosmosBrian Greene - Einstein
EinsteinWalter Isaacson - Black Hole Blues
Black Hole BluesJanna Levin - Quantum SpaceQuantum SpaceJim Baggott
- Sidney Coleman's Lectures on RelativitySidney Coleman's Lectures on RelativityDavid Jeffrey Griffiths2021
- Advanced General RelativityAdvanced General RelativityClaude Barrabès2013
- Stability by Linearization of Einsteins Field Equation
Stability by Linearization of Einsteins Field EquationJoan Girbau2010