  This review gives an introduction to various attempts to understand the
quantum nature of black holes. The first part focuses on thermodynamics of
black holes, Hawking radiation, and the interpretation of entropy. The second
part is devoted to the detailed treatment of black holes within canonical
quantum gravity. The last part adds a brief discussion of black holes in string
theory and quantum cosmology.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;Astrophysics;High Energy Physics - Theory