Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300037694
• ISBN13: 9780300037692
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"