Black holes

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Richard H. PriceKip S. ThorneDouglas A. Macdonald3 editions

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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Richard H. Price
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