edited by A Treves (Univ of Milan), L Maraschi (Univ of Milan), & M Abramowicz (Int'l School for Adv. Studies, Trieste)

The book collects 29 papers which have been particularly influential in the development of accretion theory. As an introductory paper a recent review on the subject is reported. An extensive list of references closes the volume.

• Introductory Paper
• The Seminal Papers
• The Standard Accretion Theory
• Some Further Developments
• List of References