Classical and Quantum Black Holes

'This volume is an heroic effort to bring together the different and diverse aspects of black hole physics. The lectures are extended and comprehensive and are significantly longer than most reviews. There is a real attempt to cover the relevent aspects in a way conprehensible to a graduate student who is not an expert. The three lectures summarizing the quantum aspects of black holes indeed compose a nice almost self-contained review of the quantum aspects of black hole physics.' 'The book serves as a nice introduction to black hole physics. It is mostly suitable for a graduate seminar on black holes or for a graduate student who wishes to explore this vast field before falling into a specific black hole in one of its niches' General Relativity and Gravitation, vol 35, no 8, Aug 03 olume is an heroic effort to bring together the different and diverse aspects of black hole physics. The lectures are extended and comprehensive and are significantly longer than most reviews. There is a real attempt to cover the relevent aspects in a way conprehensible to a graduate student who is not an expert. The three lectures summarizing the quantum aspects of black holes indeed compose a nice almost self-contained review of the quantum aspects of black hole physics.' 'The book serves as a nice introduction to black hole physics. It is mostly suitable for a graduate seminar on black holes or for a graduate student who wishes to explore this vast field before falling into a specific black hole in one of its niches' General Relativity and Gravitation, vol 35, no 8, Aug 03