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General Relativity Tutorial
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).
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/gr/gr.html
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Tensors and Relativity (Peter Dunsby)
A complete online course in tensors and relativity
http://vishnu.mth.uct.ac.za/omei/gr/
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Relativity Tutorial
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.
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/relatvty.htm
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FX2/H97: General Relativity
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).
http://www.asu.cas.cz/~had/gr.html
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Tensor Calculus and Continuum Mechanics
A free downloadable textbook on introductory tensor analysis and continuum mechanics, in PDF format, from Professor John J. Heinbockel at Old Dominion University.
http://www.math.odu.edu/~jhh/counter2.html
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Theory of Relativity
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).
http://www.drphysics.com/relativity.html
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Reflections on Relativity
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.
http://www.mathpages.com/rr/rrtoc.htm
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Spacetime 101
Tutorial by Patricia Schwarz (Caltech); accessible for a general audience. Covers the basics of spacetime, special and general relativity using simple diagrams.
http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/patricia/st101.html
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Special Relativity
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 h
http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_tech/node132.html
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General Relativity Tutorials
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.
http://www.lehigh.edu/~kdw5/project/
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