Black Holes and Relativistic Stars (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

A comprehensive summary of progress made during the past decade on the theory of black holes and relativistic stars, this collection includes discussion of structure and oscillations of relativistic stars, the use of gravitational radiation detectors, observational evidence for black holes, cosmic censorship, numerical work related to black hole collisions, the internal structure of black holes, black hole thermodynamics, information loss and other issues related to the quantum properties of black holes, and recent developments in the theory of black holes in the context of string theory.
Volume contributors: Valeria Ferrari, John L. Friedman, James B. Hartle, Stephen W. Hawking, Gary T. Horowitz, Werner Israel, Roger Penrose, Martin J. Rees, Rafael D. Sorkin, Saul A. Teukolsky, Kip S. Thorne, and Robert M. Wald.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 1998
First published:	April 1998
Authors:	Robert M. Wald
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	288
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-87034-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Galaxies, clusters, intergalactic matter > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN:	0-226-87034-0
Barcode:	9780226870342

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