Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. The Einstein equivalence principle and the foundations of gravitational theory; 3. Gravitation as a geometric phenomenon; 4. The parametrized post-Newtonian formalism; 5. Post-Newtonian limits of alternative metric theories of gravitation; 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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