Gravitation by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler in 1970
I. Spacetime physics
II. Physics in flat spacetime
III. The mathematics of curved spacetime
IV. Einstein’s geometric theory of gravity
V. Relativistic stars
VI. The universe
VII. Gravitational collapse and black holes
VIII. Gravitational waves
IX. Experimental tests of general relativity
X. Frontiers
42. Regge calculus
43. Superspace: Arena for the Dynamics of Geometry
44. Beyond the end of time
- 44.4 Not Geometry, but pregeometry, as the magic building material
- 44.5 Pregeometry as the calculus of propositions
- 44.6 The black box: the reprocessing of the universe