Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar (Centennial Publications of The University of Chicago Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (841 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0226870553 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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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
Chandra's mass is no longer but his luminosity prevails TSR It's well documented, researched and puts in focus of Chandra the scientist and human being. Only thing missing is the science that Chandra pursued in his lifetime which was so diverse. I was playing around with some dates of his life the other day and realized that he was truly the greatest among scientists, although his horn is never tooted as much as others, including Eddin. "A great physicist and a wonderful human being" according to Arjun N. Dr Saxena. Professor Wali has done an excellent job to document the essential background of Professor Chandrasekhar, known popularly as "Chandra". Chandra was not only a brilliant physicist, but he was also a very caring and wonderful human being. Wali's Epilogue on "Conversations with Chandra" gives a superb insight into Chandra's soul. It clearly shows his love of science and fellow be. "Profoundly moving" according to A reader. This is a story that begs to be recounted. A brilliant and shy young scholar from a conservative S.Indian family wins a scholarship to study Physics at Cambridge. He spends the few weeks at sea en route to England working on the Physics of stellar collapse. His results puzzle even the eminent theorists of his day, Eddington among them. Undaunted by his detractors, trying to ad
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. The young protege gracefully withdrew from direct confrontation, went on to make major contributions in stellar structure, moved from England to the U.S. Instead, his mentor Sir Arthur Eddington publicly denounced and ridiculed his findings. From Publishers Weekly The discovery in 1935 that certain dying stars might be too massive to evolve into white dwarves should have catapulted Indian-born astrophysicist Subramanyan Chandrasekhar into worldwide fame. In a dramatic, exuberant biography of one of the century's great scientists, Syracuse University physics professor Wali shows how a modest man with a love of elegant expression overcame racial prejudice and bureaucratic stumbling blocks