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Introduction
Cover of Spacetime Physics Spacetime Physics
by John Archibald Wheeler and Edwin F. Taylor

Special Relativity as a form of Geometry with a brief introduction to General Relativity also
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Cover of A Journey Into Gravity And Spacetime A Journey Into Gravity And Spacetime
by John Archibald Wheeler

Mostly non-mathematical look into the ideas behind Relativity
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Text Books
Cover of A First Course In General Relativity A First Course In General Relativity
by Bernard F. Schutz

Introduction to the theory and mathematics of General Relativity
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Cover of Introducing Einstein's Relativity Introducing Einstein's Relativity
by Ray D'Inverno

The mathematics of General Relativity
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Cover of Gravitation Gravitation
by Charles W. Misner, John Archibald Wheeler and Kip S. Thorne

The "Bible" of relativity theory
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Black Holes
Cover of Black Holes Black Holes - A Traveler's Guide
by Clifford A. Pickover

Games for people who like to play around with black holes
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Cover of Black Holes & Time Warps Black Holes & Time Warps - Einstein's Outrageous Legacy
by Kip S. Thorne

A close look at the most extreme astronomical objects predicted by relativity theory
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Biography
Cover of Einstein Einstein - A Life In Science
by Michael White and John Gribbin

A biography of the man and his work
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Odds And Ends
Cover of Young Einstein Young Einstein
by Yahoo Serious

Fictional "alternative" biography of Albert Einstein
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