Introduction -- Foundations of the post-Newtonian approximation -- The third post-Newtonian approximation -- Two-body problem in general relativity -- Small black holes : geometrical preliminaries -- Small charged black holes : equations of motion -- Gravitational physics of few-body systems
Summary
Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the gravitational field of a system of stars and predicts their paths by providing the 'equations of motion' of each star. Extracting these equations from his field equations is a highly technical procedure described in this book
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Online resource; title from home page (viewed December 16, 2010)
