Gravitation (book)

Gravitation is a widely adopted textbook on <a href="/facts/Albert_Einstein/CNTet8qu">Albert Einstein</a>'s <a href="/facts/General_relativity/jVsoIg8X">general theory of relativity</a>, written by <a href="/facts/Charles_W._Misner/Iea8V0Hy">Charles W. Misner</a>, <a href="/facts/Kip_Thorne/o6wkjTtP">Kip S. Thorne</a>, and <a href="/facts/John_Archibald_Wheeler/I1A5t0Fd">John Archibald Wheeler</a>. It was originally published by <a href="/facts/W._H._Freeman_and_Company/sJ3zg32G">W. H. Freeman and Company</a> in 1973 and reprinted by Princeton University Press in 2017. It is frequently abbreviated MTW (for its authors' last names). The cover illustration, drawn by Kenneth Gwin, is a <a href="/facts/Line_art/eEf9bAuA">line drawing</a> of an apple with cuts in the skin to show the <a href="/facts/Geodesics/fbWR6l80">geodesics</a> on its surface. 
The book contains 10 parts and 44 chapters, each beginning with a quotation. The bibliography has a long list of original sources and other notable books in the field. While this may not be considered the best introductory text because its coverage may overwhelm a newcomer, and even though parts of it are now out of date, it has remained a highly valued reference for advanced graduate students and researchers as of 1998.

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Gravitation (book)