Black holes
Subtitle: the membrane paradigm
By: edited by Kip S. Thorne, Richard H. Price, Douglas A. Macdonald.
Contributors: Thorne, Kip S.; Price, Richard H., 1943-; Macdonald, Douglas A.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Astrophysics
Other titles: Membrane paradigm.
Description: A pedagogical introduction to the physics of black holes. The membrane paradigm represents the four-dimensional 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.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 341-347.
Includes indexes.