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"Wald's book is clearly the first textbook on general relativity with a totally modern point of view; and it succeeds very well where others are only partially successful. The book includes full discussions of many problems of current interest which are not treated in any extant book, and all these matters are considered with perception and understanding."—S. Chandrasekhar
"A tour de force: lucid, straightforward, mathematically rigorous, exacting in the analysis of the theory in its physical aspect."—L. P. Hughston, Times Higher Education Supplement
"Truly excellent. . . . A sophisticated text of manageable size that will probably be read by every student of relativity, astrophysics, and field theory for years to come."—James W. York, Physics Today

This textbook fills a gap in the existing literature on general relativity by providing the advanced student with practical tools for the computation of many physically interesting quantities. The context is provided by the mathematical theory of black holes, one of the most successful and relevant applications of general relativity. Topics covered include congruences of timelike and null geodesics, the embedding of spacelike, timelike and null hypersurfaces in spacetime, and the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of general relativity.

《微分几何入门与广义相对论(中册·第2版)》中册包含4章（第11～14章）和6个附录（附录B～G）。第11～13章依次介绍时空的整体因果结构、渐近平直时空和：KexT—Newman黑洞，第14章详细讲述与参考系有关的各种问题，包括时空的3+1分解。附录B和C分别简介量子力学的数学基础和几何相，附录D和E分别介绍能量条件和奇性定理，附录F讲述微分几何很重要的Frobenius定理，附录G则用微分几何语言比较详细地讨论了李群和李代数的知识，并专辟一节介绍对物理学特别重要的洛伦兹群和洛伦兹代数。本册仍然贯彻上册深入浅出的写作风格，为降低读者阅读难度采取了多种措施。
《微分几何入门与广义相对论(中册·第2版)》适用于物理系高年级本科生、硕博士研究生和物理工作者，特别是相对论研究者。

《微分几何入门与广义相对论(上)》共10章。前5章讲授微分几何入门知识，第6章以此为工具剖析狭义相对论，第7～10章介绍广义相对论的基本内容。《微分几何入门与广义相对论(上)》强调低起点(大学物理系本科2～3年级水平)，力求化难为易，深入浅出，为降低难度采取了多种措施。
《微分几何入门与广义相对论(上)》适用于物理系高年级本科生、研究生和物理工作者，特别是相对论研究者。不关心相对论而想学习近代微分几何的读者也可把《微分几何入门与广义相对论(上)》前5章作为入门阶梯。