Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe

1. The Black Hole Equilibrium Problem.- 2. Stability of Black Holes.- 3. Separability of Wave Equations.- 4. Energy-Conservation Laws for Perturbed Stars and Black Holes.- 5. Gravitational Collapse and Cosmic Censorship.- 6. Disturbing the Black Hole.- 7. Notes on Black Hole Fluctuations and Back-reaction.- 8. Black Holes in Higher Curvature Gravity.- 9. Micro-Structure of Black Holes and String Theory.- 10. Quantum Geometry and Black Holes.- 11. Black Holes, Global Monopole Charge and Quasi-local Energy.- 12. Kinematical Consequences of Inertial Forces in General Relativity.- 13. Gyroscopic Precession and Inertial forces in General Relativity.- 14. Analysis of the Equilibrium of a Charged Test Particle in the Kerr-Newman Black Hole.- 15. Neutron Stars and Relativistic Gravity.- 16. Accretion Disks around Black Holes.- 17. Astrophysical Evidence for Black Hole Event Horizons.- 18. Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei.- 19. Energetic Photon Spectra as Probes of the Process of Particle Acceleration in Accretion Flows around Black Holes.- 20. Black Hole Perturbation Approach to Gravitational Radiation: Post-Newtonian Expansion for Inspiralling Binaries.- 21. More Quasi than Normal!.- 22. The Two Black Hole Problem: Beyond Linear Perturbations.- 23. The Synergy between Numerical and Perturbative Approaches to Black Holes.- 24. Cauchy-Characteristic Matching.- 25. Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Waves.- 26. Gravitational Radiation from Inspiraling Compact Binaries: Motion, Generation and Radiation Reaction.- 27. Ground-based Interferometric Detectors of Gravitational Waves.- 28. Detection of Gravitational Waves from Inspiraling Compact Binaries.- 29. Perturbations of Cosmological Backgrounds.- 30. Mach’s Principle in Electrodynamics and Inertia.- 31. The EarlyHistory of Quantum Gravity (1916–1940).- 32. Geometry in Color Perception.- 33. C. V. Vishveshwara — A Profile.- 34. Publications of C. V. Vishveshwara.