Survey of General Relativity Theory -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Quasi-Historical, Empirical Motivation of the General Theory of Relativity -- 2. A Constructive-Axiomatic Approach to General Relativity Theory -- 3. Kinetic Theory -- 4. Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics -- 5. The Transition from Maxwell's Equations to Geometrical Optics -- 6. Note on the Dynamics of Extended Bodies -- 7. Approximation Methods -- 8. Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes -- References -- Observational Contacts of General Relativity -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamental Properties of Gravity -- 3. Alternative Theories and Solar System Experiments -- 4. Experiments on Gravitational Radiation -- References -- Relativistic Stars, Gravitational Collapse, and Black Holes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Relativistic Stellar Structure of Spherical Stars -- 3. Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Collapse -- 4. Non-Spherical Gravitational Collapse and Black Holes -- 5. Black Hole Dynamics -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Cosmology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Methods -- 3. The Geometry of the Hot Einstein De Sitter Model -- 4. Evolution of the Hot Einstein De Sitter Model -- 5. Inhomogeneous Models -- 6. Homogeneous Anisotropic Spacetimes -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Canonical Quantization of Gravity -- 1. Parametrized Theories -- 2. Geometrodynamics -- 3. Quantization -- 4. Midi-superspace -- Acknowledgements -- Differential Geometry from a Modern Standpoint -- 1. Manifolds -- 2. The Tangent Space -- 3. Dual Space of the Tangent Space Tensors -- 4. Commutators and Exterior Derivative of Forms -- 5. Maps between Manifolds -- 6. Lie Groups and Lie Transformation Groups -- 7. The Frame Bundle of a Manifold -- 8. The Lie Derivative -- 9. Covariant Derivative - Linear Connection -- 10. Descriptions of a Linear Connection -- 11. Curvature Tensor and Structure Equations -- 12. The Connection Induced by a Metric -- 13. Geodesies -- References -- Index of Subjects.