Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to Revised Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Einstein Equivalence Principle and the Foundations of Gravitation Theory
- 3 Gravitation as a Geometric Phenomenon
- 4 The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Formalism
- 5 Post-Newtonian Limits of Alternative Metric Theories of Gravity
- 6 Equations of Motion in the PPN Formalism
- 7 The Classical Tests
- 8 Tests of the Strong Equivalence Principle
- 9 Other Tests of Post-Newtonian Gravity
- 10 Gravitational Radiation as a Tool for Testing Relativistic Gravity
- 11 Structure and Motion of Compact Objects in Alternative Theories of Gravity
- 12 The Binary Pulsar
- 13 Cosmological Tests
- 14 An Update
- References
- References to Chapter 14
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to Revised Edition
- Preface to First Edition
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Einstein Equivalence Principle and the Foundations of Gravitation Theory
- 3 Gravitation as a Geometric Phenomenon
- 4 The Parametrized Post-Newtonian Formalism
- 5 Post-Newtonian Limits of Alternative Metric Theories of Gravity
- 6 Equations of Motion in the PPN Formalism
- 7 The Classical Tests
- 8 Tests of the Strong Equivalence Principle
- 9 Other Tests of Post-Newtonian Gravity
- 10 Gravitational Radiation as a Tool for Testing Relativistic Gravity
- 11 Structure and Motion of Compact Objects in Alternative Theories of Gravity
- 12 The Binary Pulsar
- 13 Cosmological Tests
- 14 An Update
- References
- References to Chapter 14
- Index
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- Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics , pp. 375 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1993