Kirk S Thorne

Black Holes: The Membrane Paradigm - The Silliman Memorial Lectures Series Kirk S Thorne

Publisher Marketing: 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. Contributor Bio:  Thorne, Kip S Kip S. Thorne is a theoretical physicist, known for his contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for having trained a generation of scientists. He is considered one of the few authorities on gravitational waves. He was the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech until 2009, when he resigned to pursue writing and filmmaking. Contributor Bio:  Price, Richard H University of Michigan