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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

41. spinors

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