Contents
Part I. Introduction to Gravity and Supergravity:
1. Differential geometry;
2. Noether's theorems;
3. A perturbative introduction to GR;
4. Action principles for gravity;
5. N = 1, 2, d = 4 Supergravities;
6. Conserved charges in GR;
Part II. Gravitating Point-Particles:
7. The Schwarzschild black hole;
8. The Reissner-Nordstrom BH;
9. The Taub-NUT solution;
10. Gravitational pp-waves;
11. The Kaluza-Klein black hole;
12. Dilaton and dilaton/axion BHs;
13. Unbroken supersymmetry;
Part III. Gravitating Extended Objects of String Theory:
14. String theory;
15. The string effective action and T duality;
16. From eleven to four dimensions;
17. The type IIB superstring and type II T duality;
18. Extended objects;
19. The extended objects of string theory;
20. String black holes in four and five dimensions;
