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A Student's Manual for A First Course in General Relativity, Third Edition

Coming soon in August 2026

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, Université de Bretagne Occidentale

Description

This comprehensive and up-to-date manual accompanies the third edition of Bernard Schutz's A First Course in General Relativity. It offers step-by-step guidance through more than 200 selected exercises, providing detailed solutions and explanatory comments which are cross-referenced to the relevant equations and sections in Schutz's text. The material is further extended by the inclusion of 168 supplementary problems that highlight conceptual challenges and direct readers to the most useful supporting literature. A comprehensive index and bolded keywords allow for quick…

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Key features

  • An essential, fully updated accompaniment to the third edition of Bernard Schutz's A First Course in General Relativity
  • A durable and useful resource for anyone studying or teaching general relativity, with annotated derivations helping to enhance students' learning and updated solutions available for instructors to download
  • Designed with the reader in mind, the textbook allows for easy navigation and cross-referencing and inspires students to make connections with other areas of physics and science

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