Black Holes - The Membrane Paradigm

A pedagogical introduction to the physics of black holes. The membrane paradigm represents the four-dimemnsional spacetime of the black hole's "event horizon" as a two-dimensional membrane in three-dimensional space, allowing the reader to understand and compute the behavior of black holes in complex astrophysical environments.

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• Authors: Douglas A. MacDonald, Douglas A. Price Macdonald, Kirk S. Thorne
• Assisted by: Douglas A. MacDonald (Editor), Richard H. Price (Editor), Price Richard H. (Editor), Kip S. Thorne (Editor), Thorne Kip S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.1986
• EAN: 9780300037708
• ISBN: 978-0-300-03770-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Silliman Memorial Lectures; The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Cosmology & the universe, Cosmology and the universe, SCIENCE / Space Science / Cosmology