Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm [Hardcover]

Kip S. Thorne (Editor), Douglas A. MacDonald (Editor), Richard H. Price (Editor)

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Publication Date: September 10, 1986

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.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Yale University Press; First Edition edition (September 10, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0300037694
• ISBN-13: 978-0300037692
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,940,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings, June 29, 2009

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This review is from: Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm (The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series) (Paperback)

The idea of a pedagogical introduction to the membrane paradigm is a good one. However, the authors' treatment is
far from self-contained; I was disappointed. My particular interest was in the treatment of electrodynamics outside the black hole. Unfortunately, the key equations (Maxwell's equations) were not derived but were referenced to another paper. I obtained the reference paper (with some difficulty) and found that again key results were simply stated based on an earlier reference. Now I have to put all this together, coping with the changes in notation and conventions. Not fun!