A Short Course on General Relativity
- http://www.ucolick.org/~burke/class/grclass.ps
- A graduate level course which includes weak field theory, gravitational waves, radiation damping, cosmology, the Friedmann and Lemaitre dusts, singularities, black holes, the Schwarzschild metric and Kruskal's extension of it. This is a single postscript document.
Bondi K-Calculus
- http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/8956/Bondi/intro.htm
- A simple derivation of Einstein's theory of relativity in six short lessons. Bondi's K-calculus relies on local quantities (e.g. times actually measured on specific clocks) instead of introducing coordinates, hence, no more than elementary maths is required.
General Relativity Tutorial
- http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/gr/gr.html
- Highly recommendable collection of interconnected web pages that serve as an informal introduction to general relativity. While some mathematics is used, the focus is on the key ideas. By John Baez (University of California at Riverside).
General Relativity Tutorials
- http://www.lehigh.edu/~kdw5/project/
- Notes about the linearized Einstein equations, written by a graduate student (Kristen Wecht) for graduate students. Current content: one step-by-step description of how to derive the linearized Einstein equations.
Modern Relativity
- http://www.geocities.com/zcphysicsms/
- Set of notes outlining general relativity and its applications, including cosmology and gravitational waves, but also "fringe physics" topics such as faster-than-light travel and wormholes. By David Waite.
Physics 200: Relativity and Quanta
- http://musr.physics.ubc.ca/~jess/p200/
- Course taught by Jess H. Brewer (University of British Columbia) in 1996 about relativity and quantum fields, including quantum fields in curved spacetime. Page contains course description, outline, and handouts.
Physics 252: Modern Physics
- http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/252/home.html
- A second year course including twelve lectures on special relativity taught by Michael Fowler at the University of Virginia in 1999. Includes lecture notes in HTML format (from Galilei transformations to relativistic mechanics, including some thoughts on general relativity) and problem sets. introducing special relativity and quantum mechanics. All of the lecture notes are posted online.
Physics 7: Relativity, Space-time and Cosmology
- http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/physics7.html
- Notes, syllabus and exercises for an undergraduate course taught by Jose Wudka at the University of California, Riverside, in 2000. The course itself starts out with Ancient cosmological models before working its way to Newtonian physics, special and general relativity.
Physics 8.033: Relativity
- http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-033Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm
- Undergraduate course held by Max Tegmark at MIT in Fall, 2006; the main focus is special relativity, although the basics of the general theory (the equivalence principle, the effect of gravity on light, and some cosmology) are also discussed. Part of MIT OpenCourseWare; a complete set of lecture notes, assignments and exams is available for download.
Reflections on Relativity
- http://www.mathpages.com/rr/rrtoc.htm
- Comprehensive online book about special and general relativity, from the fundamentals to cosmological applications, including a number of philosophical questions raised by Einstein's theory. Suitable for undergraduates and up.
Special Relativity
- http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_tech/node132.html
- Part of a course in modern physics (Physics 1501) taught by Randy Kobes and Gabor Kunstatter at the University of Winnipeg in 1999. Covers the basics from the two postulates to the Lorentz transformations plus selected further topics; uses no more than high-school level mathematics.
Theory of Relativity
- http://www.drphysics.com/relativity.html
- Website for an online relativity class. Covers special relativity in depth and general relativity at a more qualitative level. Contains tutorial material, references, a reading list, and links. By Gabriel G. Lombardi (Seattle Teachers College).
Understanding General Relativity
- http://www.rafimoor.com/english/GRE.htm
- Step-by-step introduction to general relativity, from the basic principles via a heuristic account of the mathematics of curved spaces to the Einstein field equations, plus brief sections on advanced topics such as black holes and cosmology. By Rafi Moor.
