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'Chandra' is an intimate portrait of a highly private and brilliant man, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a Nobel laureate in physics who has been a major contributor to the theories of white dwarfs and black holes. "Wali has given us a magnificent portrait of Chandra, full of life and color, with a deep understanding of the three cultures--Indian, British, and American--in which Chandra was successively immersed. . . . I wish I had the job of reviewing this book for the 'New York Times' rather than for 'Physics Today'. If the book is only read by physicists, then Wali's devoted labors were in vain."--Freeman Dyson, 'Physics Today' "An enthralling human document."--William McCrea, 'Times Higher Education Supplement' "A dramatic, exuberant biography of one of the century's great scientists."--'Publishers Weekly'
Astrophysicists --- Biography. --- Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, --- History of physics --- Chandra --- Biography
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This unique book contains a biographical portrait, accounts of Chandrasekhar's role and impact on modern science, historical perspectives and personal reminiscences, several of which appeared in Physics Today, and reviews by leading experts in areas which Prof. Chandrasekhar pioneered. The reviews, which appeared in the Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, are either based on papers presented by scholars in the Chandrasekhar Centennial Symposium at the University of Chicago during 15-17 October 2010, or were additional reviews covering topics not represented at the conference
Black holes (Astronomy) --- Frozen stars --- Compact objects (Astronomy) --- Gravitational collapse --- Stars --- Chandrasekhar, S. --- Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, --- Chandrasekar, S. --- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, --- Subramanya Chandrasekhar, --- Chandra,
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52.09 --- Astronomie. Astrofysica. Ruimteonderzoek. Geodesie--?.09 --- Astronomy --- Astrophysicists --- Astro-physicists --- Astronomers --- Physicists --- Physical sciences --- Space sciences --- Biography --- Chandrasekhar, S. --- Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, --- Chandrasekar, S. --- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, --- Subramanya Chandrasekhar, --- Chandra, --- Astronomy. --- Black holes --- Neutron stars --- Astronomie --- Trous noirs --- Etoiles à neutrons --- Biography. --- Black holes (Astronomy) --- Trous noirs (astronomie) --- Naines blanches --- Étoiles à neutrons. --- Astrophysiciens
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