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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.Thorne, Kip S. is the author of 'Black Holes The Membrane Paradigm' with ISBN 9780300037708 and ISBN 0300037708.
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