Table of Contents

I.- 1. Principles of Relativity.- 2. The Physical Arguments.- 3. The Algebraic and Graphic Arguments.- 4. Mathematical Tools.- 5. Dynamics.- 6. Electromagnetic Theory.- II.- 7. Differential Geometry I.- 8. Uniform Acceleration.- 9. Rotation and the Electromagnetic Field.- 10. The Material Medium.- 11. Differential Geometry II: Curved Surfaces.- 12. General Relativity.- 13. Astrophysics.- 14. Cosmology.- Appendixes.- A. The Lorentz Transformation.- B. Calculus of Variations.- C. The Geodesic Equations.- D. The Geodesic Equation in Coordinate Form.- E. Uniformly Accelerated Transformation Equations.- F. The Riemann-Christoffel Curvature Tensor.- G. Transformation to the Tangent Plane.- H. General Lorentz Transformation and the Stress Tensor.- Answers to Selected Problems.- References.

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