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The singularities of gravitational collapse and cosmology, R.Penrose;the event horizon; particle creation by black holes; cosmological eventhorizons, thermodynamics and particle creation, G.W.Gibbons; action integralsand partition functions in quantum gravity, G.W.Gibbons; introductory survey,general relativity - an Einstein centenary survey, W.Israel; the pathintegral approach to quantum gravity in general relativity; wave function ofthe universe, J.B.Hartle; quantum cosmology; the origin of structure in theuniverse, J.J.Halliwell; wormholes in spacetime; the chronology protectionconjecture.