Equations of Motion in General Relativity - Asada, Hideki (Faculty of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan) a Futamase, Toshifumi (Institute of Astronomy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan) a Hogan, Peter (School of Physics, University College Dublin, Ireland)

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. Observable quantities can then be calculated to test the theory.