Relativity and Gravitation

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Narrow relativity: disclosure

  • Albert Einstein, “Relativity: popular exposition. With classical writings on space geometry physics,” 5th ed. (2010)
  • Albert Einstein, Leopold Infeld, “The Evolution of Physics.”
  • Max Born, “The Einstenian Synthesis.”

Restricted Relativity: high disclosure and introductions

  • Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler - Spacetime physics- 2nd ed. (1992) transl.it. “Physics of Space Time,” (2018)
  • Daniel F. Styer - “Relativity for the Questioning Mind, transl. it. “Really Understanding Relativity” (2012)
  • Robert L. Mills - Space, Time and Quanta (1994) - Part I (Space and Time)
  • David J. Morin - Special Relativity. For the Enthusiastic Beginner (2017)
  • N. David Mermin - It’s About Time: Understanding Einstein’s Relativity (2019)
  • Walter Rindler - Introduction to Special Relativity, 2nd ed. transl.it. 1st ed. not updated Restricted relativity
  • A.P. French - Special Relativity
  • Julian Schwinger - Einstein’s Legacy. the Unity of Space and Time. (1986)

General relativity, gravitation and cosmology: disclosure

  • Robert Geroch - General relativity from A to B
  • Anthony Zee - On Gravity: A Brief Tour of a Weighty Subject (2018) transl.it. Gravity: light treatment of a heavy subject
  • Kip S. Thorne - Black Holes and Time Warps. Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy. transl. it. black holes and time jumps
  • Robert M. Wald - Space, Time and Gravity the Theory of the Big Bang and Black Holes (1992) transl. it. 1st ed. big bang theory and black holes. (1980)

General Relativity: High Disclosure

  • Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler, Edmund Bertschinger - Exploring Black Holes II. Introduction to General Relativity (ver. 2.1)- (2018)
  • Bernard F. Schutz - Gravity from the Ground Up An Introductory Guide to Gravity and General Relativity
  • George F. R. Ellis, R. M. Williams - Flat and Curved Space (2001)
  • Clifford M. Will, Nicolás Yunes - Is Einstein Still Right?. Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and the Quest to Verify Einstein’s Greatest Creation (2020)

General relativity: introduction

  • J.B. Hartle - Gravity. An introduction to Einstein’s general relativity (2013)
  • Moataz H. Emam - Covariant Physics - From Classical Mechanics to General Relativity and Beyond (2021)
  • Ta-Pei Cheng - A College Course on Relativity and Cosmology (2015)

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