This book reflects the resurgence of interest in the quantum properties of black holes, culminating most recently in controversial discussions about firewalls.

Based on Prof. Lüst's Masters course at the University of Munich, this book begins with a short introduction to general relativity. It then presents black hole

This thesis focuses on the recent firewall controversy surrounding evaporating black holes, and shows that in the best understood example concerning electricall

These three lectures cover a certain aspect of complexity and black holes, namely the relation to the second law of thermodynamics. The first lecture describes

Beginning with an overview of the theory of black holes by the editor, this book presents a collection of ten chapters by leading physicists dealing with the va