TY - GEN AU - Compere,Geoffrey TI - Advance lectures on general relativity T2 - Lecture Notes in Physics SN - 9783030042592 U1 - 530.11 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Switzerland PB - Springer Nature KW - General Relativity KW - Einstein's Gravity N1 - Includes bibliography; Surface charges in gravitation -- Three dimensional Einstein's gravity -- Asymptotically flat spacetimes -- Rotating black holes N2 - The four topics of the book covers: -Surface charges as conserved quantities in theories of gravity; -Classical and holographic features of three-dimensional Einstein gravity; -Asymptotically flat spacetimes in four dimensions: BMS group and memory effects; -The Kerr black hole: properties at extremality and quasi-normal mode ringing. Each topic starts with historical foundations and points to a few modern research directions ER -