Black Holes

by Mario Livio

Book Overview

Black holes, once considered to be of purely theoretical interest, play an important role in observational astronomy and a range of astrophysical phenomena. This volume is based on a meeting held at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which explored the many aspects of black hole astrophysics. Written by world experts in areas of stellar-mass, intermediate-mass and supermassive black holes, these review papers provide an up-to-date overview of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107005531
• ISBN13: 9781107005532
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.7"