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General Relativity

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Adler, Ronald; Bazin, Maurice; and Schiffer, Menahem. Introduction to General Relativity, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. $?.

Anderson, James L. Principles of Relativity Physics. New York: Academic Press, 1967. $?.

Arzeliès, Henri. Relativité généralisée: Gravitation, 2 Fasc. Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1961-63. 426+328 p. Contains an extensive bibliography.

Becquerel, Jean. Gravitation einsteinienne: Champ de gravitation d'une sphère matérielle . Paris: Hermann, 1923. 32 p.

Becquerel, Jean. Le principe de Relativité et la théorie de la gravitation. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1922. 351 p.

Becquerel, Jean. Exposé élémentaire de la théorie d'Einstein et de sa généralisation, suivi d'un appendice à l'usage des mathématiciens. Paris: Payot, 1922. 205 p.

Bergmann, Peter Gabriel. Introduction to the Theory of Relativity. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1942. 287 p. $9.95.

books.gif Bergmann, Peter Gabriel. The Riddle of Gravitation, rev. and upd. ed. New York: Scribner, 1968. 270 p. $8.95.

Berry, Michael V. Principles of Cosmology and Gravitation, 2nd ed.? IOP Publ., 1989. $26.

Bertotti, B.; De Felice, F.; and Pascolini, A. (Eds.). Contributed Papers: 10th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation: Padova, 4-9 July 1983; 2 vols. Roma: Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, 1983.

Birkhoff, George David and Langer, Rudolph Ernest. Relativity and Modern Physics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923.

Bowler, M. G. Gravitation and Relativity. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1976. 172 p. $?.

Brumberg, V.A. Essential Relativistic Celestial Mechanics. IOP Publ., 1991. $140.

Callahan, James. The Geometry of Spacetime: An Introduction to Special and General Relativity. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1999. 451 p. $?.

Cartan, Elie. Sur les équations de la gravitation d'Einstein. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1922. 65 p. Extract of Journal de Mathematiques, Fasc. 2, 1922.

Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (Ed.). Classical General Relativity: A Theme. Philosophical Transactions, Physical Sciences and Engineering, 340, pp. 335-445, 1992.

Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (Ed.). Classical General Relativity. Oxford, 1993. $45.

Chazy, Jean. La théorie de la relativité et la mécanique céleste, 2 tomes. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1928-30. 268+266 p.

Chen, Y. T. and Cook, Alan H. Gravitational Experiments in the Laboratory. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1993. 268 p. $80.

Chow, Tai L. General Relativity and Cosmology: A First Course. Wuerz. 277 p.

books.gif Ciufolini, Ignatio and Wheeler, John Archibald. Gravitation and Inertia. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1995. 576 p. $49.95.

De Donder, Th. Introduction à la gravifique einsteinienne. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1925. 57 p. Fascicule 8 du Mémorial de Sciences Mathématiques.

De Donder, Th. Théorie des champs gravifiques. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1926. 60 p. Fasc. 14 du Mémorial de Sc. Mathématiques.

De Donder, Th. Application de la gravifique einsteinienne. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1930. 59 p. Fasc. 43 du Mémorial de Sc. Math.

De Donder, Th. Application de la gravifique einsteinienne à l'électrodynamique des corps en mouvement. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1932. 58 p. Fasc. 58 du Mémorial de Sc. Math.

de Felice, F. and Clarke, C. J. S. Relativity on Curved Manifolds. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 448 p. $44.95.

d'Inverno, Ray. Introducing Einstein's Relativity. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1992. 383 p. $44.95.

Dirac, P.A.M. General Theory of Relativity. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. 68 p. $10.95.

books.gif Eddington, Arthur Stanley. The Mathematical Theory of Relativity, 3rd ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1963. $17.95.

Eddington, Arthur Stanley. Space, Time, and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 218 p. $25.95.

Ehlers, Jürgen (Ed.). Relativity Theory and Astrophysics, Vol. 1: Relativity and Cosmology. Providence, RI: Amer. Math. Soc., 1967.

Einstein, Albert. Reprint in one volume of the three following papers, translated from German by Maurice Solovine. Paris: Hermann, 1933. 111 p. Contains ``Les fondements de la relativité générale.''Annalen der Physik, vol. 49, 1916. ``Théorie unitaire de la gravitation et de l'électricité.''October 1931. ``Sur la structure cosmologique de l'espace.''September 1932.

Einstein, Albert. La théorie de la relativité restreinte et généralisée, exposé élémentaire. La relativité et le problème de l'espace. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1956. 179 p. Translated from german by M. Solovine.

Einstein, Albert. Oeuvres choisies, Volume 2: relativité restreinte et générale. Paris: Seuil, 1993. 240 p.

Einstein, Albert. Oeuvres choisies, Volume 3: relativité générale, cosmologie, théories unitaires. Paris: Seuil, 1993. 253 p.

Einstein, Albert. The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Vol 6: The Berlin Years, Writings 1914-1917. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. 449 p.

Eisenstaedt, J. and Kox, A.J. (Eds.). Studies in the History of General Relativity. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, 1992. 468 p. $125.

Ellis, G. (Ed.). The Renaissance of General Relativity. $59.95.

Esposito, Giampiero. Complex General Relativity. 1995. $96.

Feynman, Richard P. et al. Feynman Lectures on Gravitation. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1995. 272 p. $60.25.

Foster, J. and Nightingale, J.D. A Short Course in Relativity, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995. 230 p. $29.95.

Galbrun, H. Introduction à la théorie de la relativité: Calcul différentiel absolu et géométrie. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1923. 467 p.

Gamow, George. Gravity: Classic and Modern Views. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1962. 157 p.

Glendenning, Norman K. Compact Stars: Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, and General Relativity, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000. 467 p. $?.

Haag, J. Le problème de Schwarzschild. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1931. 53 p. Fasc. 46 du Mémorial de Sc. Mathématiques.

Hakim, Rémi. An Introduction to Relativistic Gravitation. Cambridge, Engalnd: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 271 p. $29.95.

Halbwachs, François. Théorie relativistes des fluides à spin. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1960. 305 p.

Harpaz, Amos. Relativity Theory. 1993. Nonmathematical overview. $44.

Harrison, B. Kent; Thorne, Kip S.; et al. Gravitation Theory and Gravitational Collapse. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1965. 177 p. $?.

books.gif Hawking, Stephen W. and Ellis, George Francis Rayner. The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1975. $44.95.

books.gif Hawking, Stephen W. and Israel, Werner (Eds.). General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1979. 919 p. Out of print.

Hawking, Stephen W. and Israel, Werner (Eds.). Three Hundred Years of Gravitation. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1987. $59.95.

Hehl, F.W.l Puntigam, R.A.; and Ruder, H. (Eds.). Relativity and Scientific Computing: Computer Algebra, Numerics, Visualization. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. 416 p. $89.95.

Held, A. (Ed.). General Relativity and Gravitation: One Hundred Years After the Birth of Albert Einstein, Vol. 1. New York: Plenum Press, 1980. $105.

Held, A. (Ed.). General Relativity and Gravitation: One Hundred Years After the Birth of Albert Einstein, Vol. 2. New York: Plenum Press, 1980. $105.

Hoffman, Banesh. Relativity and Its Roots. New York: Dover, 1999. 176 p. $7.95.

Islam, Jamal N. Rotating Fields in General Relativity. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 122 p. $47.95.

Janis, A.I. and Porter, J.R. (Eds.). Recent Advances in General Relativity. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, 1992. 266 p. $127.50.

Joshi, Pankaj. Global Aspects in Gravitation and Cosmology. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1997. 392 p. $45.

Juvet, G. Introduction au calcul tensoriel et au calcul différentiel absolu. Paris: A. Blanchard, 1922. 102 p.

Kaufmann, William J. III. Relativity and Cosmology, 2nd ed. New York: Harper and Row, 1977. 154 p. $?.

Kenyon, I. R. General Relativity. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1990. 234 p. Undergraduate introduction. Minimal math. $45.

Kilmister, Clive William. General Theory of Relativity. Oxford, England: Pergamon Press, 1973. 365 p. Includes reprints of important papers. $?.

Kovalevsky, J. and Brumberg, V.A. (Eds.). Relativity in Celestial Mechanics and Astrometry: High Precision Dynamical Theories and Observational Verifications: Proceedings of the 114th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Leningrad, USSR, May 28-31, 1985. Dordrecht, Netherlands: D. Reidel, 1986. 426 p. Dense. $111.

Kramer, Dietrich. Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1980. $105.

Landau, L. et Lifschitz. E. Théorie des champs, 4 ème édition revue et complétée . Moscow: Mir, 1989. 519 p.

Lanza, Joseph. Gravity: Tilted Perspectives on Rocket Ships, Rollercoasters, Earthquakes, and Angel Food. Picador. 224 p. $22.

Lawden, Derek F. An Introduction to Tensor Calculus, Relativity, and Cosmology, 3rd ed. Chichester, England: Wiley, 1982. $?.

Lemeray, E. M. Leçons élémentaires sur la gravitation d'après la théorie d'Einstein. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1921. 97 p.

Levi-Civita, Tullio. The Absolute Differential Calculus. London: Blackie and Son, 1961. 452 p. Reprint of first English edition of 1926. $13.45.

Levi-Civita, Tullio. Le problème des n corps en relativité générale. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1950. 111 p. Fasc. 116 du Mémorial. Published posthumously after the author's death in 1941.

Lichnerowitcz, André. Théories relativistes de la gravitation et de l'électromagnétisme. Paris: Masson, 1955. 310 p.

books.gif Lightman, Alan P.; Price, Richard H.; and Teukolsky, Saul. Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation, 2nd pr. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979. 599 p. $22.50.

books.gif Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon; Einstein, Albert; Minkowski, Hermann; and Weyl, Hermann. The Principle of Relativity: A Collection of Original Memoirs on the Special and General Theory of Relativity. With notes by A. Sommerfeld, translated by W. Perrett and G.B. Jeffery. New York: Dover, 1952. $7.95.

Low, Francis E. Classical Field Theory: Electromagnetism and Gravitation. New York: Wiley, 1997. 427 p. $59.95.

Macaire, Marcel. L'univers de la relativité générale. Paris: Voies Nouvelles, 1996. 154 p.

MacCallum, Malcolm A. H. et al. Algebraic Computing in General Relativity: Lecture Notes from the First Brazilian School on Computer Algebra, Vol. 2. Oxford University Press, 1995. 400 p. $45.

Martin, J.L. General Relativity: A First Course for Physicists. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996. 193 p. $37.95.

Mavridès, Stamatia. L'univers relativiste. Paris: Masson, 1973. 402 p.

McVittie, G. C. General Relativity and Cosmology. London: Chapman and Hall, 1956. 208 p.

books.gif Misner, Charles W.; Thorne, Kip S.; and Wheeler, John Archibald. Gravitation. San Francisco, CA: W.H. Freeman, 1973. 1279 p. $53.

Møller, Christian. The Theory of Relativity, 2nd ed. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1974. $?.

Ohanian, Hans C. and Ruffini, Remo. Gravitation and Spacetime, 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 1994. $60.50.

Penrose, Roger and Hawking, Stephen. The Nature of Space and Time. 1996. 141 p. $24.95.

Penrose, Roger and Rindler, Wolfgang. Spinors and Space-Time, Vol. 1: Two-Spinor Calculus and Relativistic Fields. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1984. $52.95.

Penrose, Roger and Rindler. Wolfgang. Spinors and Space-Time, Vol. 2. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1986. $52.95.

Perlick, Volker. Ray Optics, Fermat's Principle, and Applications to General Relativity. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2000. 220 p. $?.

Raychaudhuri, A.K.; Banerji, S.; and Banerjee, A. General Relativity, Relativistic Astrophysics, and Cosmology. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1992. 296 p. $59.

Rindler, Wolfgang. Essential Relativity: Special, General, and Cosmological, rev. 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1979.

Rindler, Wolfgang and Trautman, Andrzej. Gravitation and Geometry: A Volume in Honor of Ivor Robinson. Bibliopolis, 1987. $161.99.

Robertson, H.P. and Noonan, T.W. Relativity and Cosmology. Saunders, 1968. $?.

Schmutzer, Ernst. Relativistische Physik (Klassische Theorie). Leipzig, Germany: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1968. 974 p. Out of print.

Schutz, Bernard F. A First Course in General Relativity. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 376 p. $35.95.

Schrödinger, Erwin. Space-Time Structure. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1985. 119 p. $22.95.

Sexl, R.U. and Urbantke, H.K. Gravitation und Kosmologie. Wiener Berichte über Gravitationstheorie, 1973.

books.gif Skinner, Ray. Relativity for Scientists and Engineers. Waltham, MA: Blaisdell, 1969. 340 p. $?.

Soffel, Michael H. Relativity in Astrometry, Celestial Mechanics, and Geodesy. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1989. 208 p. $69.95.

Stephani, Hans. General Relativity, an Introduction to the Theory of the Gravitational Field. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 314 p.

books.gif Stewart, John M. Advanced General Relativity. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Discusses gravitational radiation. $32.95

Straumann, Norbert. General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1984. 459 p. $79.

Surin, Aline. Etude du schéma fluide parfait et des équations de mouvement dans les théories pentadimensionnelles de Jordan-Thiry et de Kaluza-Klein. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1965. 137 p. Fasc. 159 du Mémorial de Sc. Mathématiques.

books.gif Thorne, Kip. Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy. New York: W.W. Norton, 1994. 640 p. $17.95.

books.gif Thorne, Kip S.; Price, Richard H.; and MacDonald, Douglas A. (Eds.). Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. $21.

books.gif Tolman, Richard Chace. Relativity, Thermodynamics, and Cosmology. New York: Dover, 1987. $13.95.

Tonnelat, Marie-Antoinette. La théorie du champ unifié d'Einstein et quelques uns de ses développements. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1955. 166 p.

Tonnelat, Marie-Antoinette. Les vérifications expérimentales de la relativité générale. Paris: Masson, 1964. 321 p. Approx. 500 articles in the bibliography.

Torretti, Roberto. Relativity and Geometry. New York: Dover. 416 p. $12.95.

von Laue, M. La théorie de la relativité, Tome II: Le relativité générale et la théorie de la gravitation d'Einstein. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1926. 334 p. Translation of 2nd German ed., 1921.

books.gif Wald, Robert M. General Relativity. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1984. $32.50.

Wald, Robert M. Space, Time, and Gravity: The Theory of the Big Bang and Black Holes, 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1977. 153 p. $9.95.

books.gif Weinberg, Steven. Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity. New York: Wiley, 1972. A well-written excellent introduction to general relativity. Many derivations and good discussion of solution techniques. Marred only by an outrageous price. $?.

books.gif Weyl, Hermann. Space-Time-Matter. New York: Dover, 1952. $9.95.

Wheeler, John Archibald. A Journey into Gravity and Spacetime. New York: Scientific American Library, 1990. Popular exposition of G.R. $?.

books.gif Will, Clifford M. Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics, rev. ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1993. $37.95.

books.gif Will, Clifford M. Was Einstein Right?: Putting General Relativity to the Test. New York: Basic Books, 1986. 274 p. $8.95.

Witten, Louis. Gravitation: An Introduction to Current Research. New York: Wiley, 1962.


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