Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm
- ISBN-10
- 0300037708
- ISBN-13
- 9780300037708
- Series
- Black Holes
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 367
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- Kip S. Thorne, Richard H. Price, Kirk S. Thorne
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.
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