Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity offers a Nobel laureate's perspectives on the wealth of data technological developments have brought to expand upon Einstein's theory. Unique in basing relativity on the Principle of Equivalence of Gravitation and Inertia over Riemannian geometry, this book explores relativity experiments and observational cosmology to provide a sound foundation upon which analyses can be made. Covering special and general relativity, tensor analysis, gravitation, curvature, and more, this book provides an engaging, insightful introduction to the forces that shape the universe.

Preface
 Notation
 Copyright Acknowledgements

 PART ONE PRELIMNARIES
 1. Historical Introduction
 2. Special Relativity

 PART TWO THE GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
 3. The Principle of Equivalence
 4. Tensor Analysis
 5. Effects of Gravitation
 6. Curvature
 7. Einstein's Field Equations

 PART THREE APPLICATIONS OF GENERAL RELATIVITY
 8. Classic Tests of Einstein's Thoery
 9. Post-Newtonian Celestial Mechanics
 10. Gravitational Rediation
 11. Stellar Equilibrium and Collapse

 PART FOUR FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS
 12. The Action Principle
 13. Symmetric Spaces

 PART FIVE COSMOLOGY
 14. Cosmography
 15. Cosmology: The Standard Model
 16. Cosmology: Other Models

 APPENDIX
 INDEX