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Introduction
Essentials of special relativity
Bondi's K-calculus approach to special relativity
Essentials of general relativity
Schwarzschild solution and its consequences
Gravitational waves
The normal scales of physics and the Planck scale
General relativistic cosmology
Motion of stars in the galaxy
Clusters of galaxies
Closed timelike curves and time machines
The direction of physics research
Summary and concluding commentary.
Essentials of special relativity
Bondi's K-calculus approach to special relativity
Essentials of general relativity
Schwarzschild solution and its consequences
Gravitational waves
The normal scales of physics and the Planck scale
General relativistic cosmology
Motion of stars in the galaxy
Clusters of galaxies
Closed timelike curves and time machines
The direction of physics research
Summary and concluding commentary.