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I. SPACE AND TIME IN NEWTONIAN PHYSICS AND SPECIAL RELATIVITY. 1.Gravitational Physics. 2. Geometry as Physics. 3. Newtonian Physics. 4.Principles of Special Relativity. 5. Special Relativistic Mechanics. II.THE CURVED SPACETIMES OF GENERAL RELATIVITY. 6. Gravity as Geometry. 7.Description of Curved Spacetime. 8. Geodesics. 9. The Geometry Outside aSpherical Star. 10. Solar System Tests. 11. Relativistic Gravity in Action.12. Black Holes. 13. Astrophysical Black Holes. 14. A Little Rotation.15. Rotating Black Holes. 16. Gravitational Waves. 17. The UniverseObserved. 18. Cosmological Models. 19. Which Universe and Why? III. THEEINSTEIN EQUATION. 20. A Little More Math. 21. Curvature and the EinsteinEquation. 22. The Source of Curvature. 23. Gravitational Wave Emission.24. Relativistic Stars. APPENDICES. A. Useful Constants. B. Units. C.Curvature Quantities. D. Curvature Program. E. Pedagogical Strategy.Bibliography. Symbols and Abbreviations. Index.