From white dwarfs to black holes the Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar

Srinivasan, G. Ed.

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dc.contributor.author	Srinivasan, G. Ed.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-09T11:34:54Z	-
dc.date.available	2015-01-09T11:34:54Z	-
dc.date.issued	1996	-
dc.identifier.citation	Hyderabad, University Press (india) Pvt. Ltd. 1996	en
dc.identifier.isbn	9780226769967	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/6134	-
dc.description	Table of Contents	en
dc.description.abstract	From White Dwarfs to Black Holes chronicles the extraordinarily productive scientific career of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished astrophysicists. Among Chandrasekhar's many discoveries were the critical mass that makes a star too massive to become a white dwarf and the mathematical theory of black holes. In 1983 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for these and other achievements. Over the course of more than six decades of active research Chandrasekhar investigated a dizzying array of subjects. G. Srinivasan notes in the preface to this book that "the range of Chandra's contributions is so vast that no one person in the physics or astronomy community can undertake the task of commenting on his achievements." Thus, in this collection, ten eminent scientists evaluate Chandrasekhar's contributions to their own fields of specialization. Donald E. Osterbrock closes the volume with a historical discussion of Chandrasekhar's interactions with graduate students during his more than quarter century at Yerkes Observatory.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University Press (india) Pvt. Ltd.	en
dc.rights	1996 Indian Academy of Sciences	en
dc.subject	Stars	en
dc.subject	Atrophysics	en
dc.subject.classification	Book	en
dc.title	From white dwarfs to black holes the Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar	en
dc.type	Book	en
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