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Lecture Notes on General Relativity (Sean Carroll) - Lecture notes for a one-semester course in General Relativity.
A Short Course on General Relativity - A graduate level course which includes weak field theory, gravitational waves, radiation damping, cosmology, the Friedmann and Lemaitre dusts, singularities, black holes, the Schwarzschild metric and Kruskal's extension of it. This is a single postscript document. By William L. Burke
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).
General Relativity - Lecture notes and problem sheets for a course taught by N.M.J. Woodhouse at Oxford University in 2003.
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).
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.
Gravitation and Cosmology - Lecture notes from a graduate course on Gravitation and Cosmology, taught by M. Cederwall at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden in 2008.
Introduction to Differential Geometry and General Relativity - A course from the Department of Mathematics at Hofstra University on differential geometry and general relativity, from basic ideas like sets and parametric surfaces to black holes and neutron stars. By Stefan Waner (last chapter by Gregory C. Levine).
Physics 237-2002: Gravitational Waves - Collection of materials from a graduate-student-level course on Gravitational Waves taught at the California Institute of Technology, January through May of 2002; includes Quicktime videos of the lectures, lists of suggested and supplementary reading, copies of some of the readings, and many exercises with solutions. Designed by Kip S. Thorne, Mihai Bondarescu and Yanbei Chen
Physics 252: Modern Physics - A second year course including twelve lectures on special relativity taught by Michael Fowler at the University of Virginia in 1999. Includes lecture notes in HTML format (from Galilei transformations to relativistic mechanics, including some thoughts on general relativity) and problem sets. introducing special relativity and quantum mechanics. All of the lecture notes are posted online.
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. By Kevin Brown
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.
Spacetime 101 - Tutorial by Patricia Schwarz (Caltech); accessible for a general audience. Covers the basics of spacetime, special and general relativity using simple diagrams.
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 high-school level mathematics.
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.
The Theory of Special Relativity on Computer - A short tutorial on the basics of Einstein's theory of special relativity with visual demonstrations. Written by Dénes Paczolay, Supervisor: Zsuzsanna Varga Ph.D.
Theory of Relativity Class - Learn about Einstein's Theory of Relativity online. The class covers cosmology, the Twin Paradox, space travel, and black holes. Instructor Gabriel G. Lombardi
Understanding General Relativity - Step-by-step introduction to general relativity, from the basic principles via a heuristic account of the mathematics of curved spaces to the Einstein field equations, plus brief sections on advanced topics such as black holes and cosmology. By Rafi Moor.
relativity - Modern Relativity: An online text book tutorial on Albert Einstein's theories of special relativity and general relativity. By David Waite.
Student Understanding of Time in Special Relativity - A report on the ineffectiveness of standard university instruction in Einstein's concept of time, by Rachel E. Scherr, Peter S. Shaffer, and Stamatis Vokos. Published in Physics Education Research (American Journal of Physics Supplement). (July 26, 2002)

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Amazing Space Teaching Tools: Black Holes - Resources for classroom use; from the Space Telescope Science Institute: features an online exploration, a page on myths vs. realities, and materials about astronomers' observations of the galaxy Centaurus A.
Black Holes - Basic ideas of black hole physics, plus some more advanced material about astrophysical and quantum-gravity aspects; based on lectures given as part of a course "Foundations of Physics I" by Gabor Kunstatter at the University of Winnipeg in 2002.
Black Holes to Blackboards: God Divided by Zero - Text written by a high school teacher about simple ways to teach the basic concepts of black hole physics.
Black Holes: Fact and Fiction - Selected talks (slides and audio) from a 1999 Teachers Educational Forum on black holes at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (UCSB); topics: black hole basics, astrophysical aspects, how to build a black hole in your classroom, and the relation with string theory.
How Stuff Works: How Black Holes Work - What are black holes? Do they really exist? How can we find them? Article by Craig C. Freudenrich.
Information and Activity Books - From the Teacher's Corner of NASA's "Imagine the Universe!" website; includes posters, presentations and instructions for building a model of a specific kind of black hole.
Ted Bunn's Black Hole FAQ - List of questions that explore the basic properties of black holes (such as what happens when you fall in, or how a black hole evaporates).
Universe Forum: Black Holes - Materials about black holes from the national center for teaching and learning about the structure and evolution of the universe; sponsored by NASA and created by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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