This is a book review of Applications of General Relativity, With Problems by Philippe Jetzer.
Applications of General Relativity, by Philippe Jetzer (Springer), 2022. Pp. 209, 24 x 16 cm. Price £59.99 (hardbound, ISBN 978 3 030 95717 9).
It is not a textbook, but rather a compendium of, as the title says, applications of General Relativity (GR) (gravitational lensing, stellar structure, Shapiro delay, geodetic precession, gravitational waves, black holes, a tiny bit of cosmology --- so all to do with astronomy and astrophysics), useful for someone who knows the material but wants to look something up, refresh their memory, etc. Equations are derived, but much is assumed. The first and last chapters, without problems, are a very compact introduction to GR and a brief survey of tests of the theory; the other three are about various applications, gravitational waves and the post-Newtonian approximation, and black holes. The breadth of topics covered is thus smaller than in some other books, but the depth is great. It is based on the author's lecture notes and it is clear that he knows the material and presents it well.