General relativity is rich in formalism and advanced mathematics, but we will concentrate on the physical ideas behind the theory and its applications. The only prerequisite for this class will be a good understanding of classical mechanics and electrodynamics.

The recommended text for the course is:
   Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity
   by J. Hartle; (Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings; 1st edition, 2003)
and we will supplement it with a lot of additional material.

The text
   Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity
   by S. Carroll (Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings; 1st edition, 2003)
provides an in depth study of many of the topics that we will cover. A free, online version of the lecture notes that led to this book can be found here.

The class meets every Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00pm, at LPL 212.

Instructor: Dimitrios Psaltis
Office: PAS 441, 626-8846
email: dpsaltis@physics.arizona.edu
Office hours: Tuesday 3:30-4:30pm (Note change)