Black Holes : The Membrane Paradigm
Black Holes : The Membrane Paradigm
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Book Description
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.
Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm,Kip S. Thorne,Douglas A. MacDonald,Richard H. Price,Yale University Press,0300037708,Astronomy - General,Astrophysics,Black holes (Astronomy),Science,Science/Mathematics,Cosmology & the universe,Science / Astronomy
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