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General Relativity Tutorials
lehigh.edu
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.
Understanding General Relativity
rafimoor.com
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.
Physics 200: Relativity and Quanta
musr.physics.ubc.ca
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.
FX2/H97: General Relativity
asu.cas.cz
Lecture notes for the course on general relativity held in 1997 at the Physics Institute of NTNU, Trondheim by Petr Hadrava (the lecture notes themselves are Postscript files).
Theory of Relativity
drphysics.com
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).
Lecture Notes on General Relativity (Sean Carroll)
preposterousuniverse.com
Lecture notes for a one-semester course in General Relativity.
Tensors and Relativity (Peter Dunsby)
vishnu.mth.uct.ac.za
A complete online course in tensors and relativity
Physics 8.20: Introduction to Special Relativity
ocw.mit.edu
Material for an undergraduate course held at MIT by Bruce Knuteson in January, 2005, which introduces the basic ideas and equations of special relativity from the Lorentz contraction to E=mc-squared. Part of MIT OpenCourseWare.
Introduction to Differential Geometry and General Relativity
people.hofstra.edu
A course from the Department of Mathematics at Hofstra University on differential geometry and general relativity, from basic ideas like sets and parametric surfaces to black holes and neutron stars. By Stefan Waner (last chapter by Gregory C. Levine).
A Short Course on General Relativity
ucolick.org
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.- Physics 8.033: Relativity
ocw.mit.edu
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. 
SPAC 205: From Space and Time to Space-Time
owlnet.rice.edu
Course description, reading material, notes, and problem sets for a basic course on relativity taught by Yuri Balashov at Rice University in 1999.
Physics 252: Modern Physics
galileo.phys.virginia.edu
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.
Gravitation and Cosmology
christian.vonschultz.se
Lecture notes from a graduate course on Gravitation and Cosmology, taught by M. Cederwall at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden in 2008.
Relativity Tutorial
astro.ucla.edu
Tutorial by Ned Wright (UCLA) featuring a step-by-step introduction to special relativity (focusing on spacetime diagrams) and the basic ideas of general relativity.
Physics 237-2002: Gravitational Waves
elmer.tapir.caltech.edu
Collection of materials from a graduate-student-level course on Gravitational Waves taught at the California Institute of Technology, January through May of 2002; includes Quicktime videos of the lectures, lists of suggested and supplementary reading, copies of some of the readings, and many exercises with solutions.
Special Relativity
theory.uwinnipeg.ca
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.
General Relativity Tutorial
math.ucr.edu
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).
Physics 7: Relativity, Space-time and Cosmology
phyun5.ucr.edu
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.
Tensor Calculus and Continuum Mechanics
math.odu.edu
A free downloadable textbook on introductory tensor analysis and continuum mechanics, in PDF format, from Professor John J. Heinbockel at Old Dominion University.
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