CHANDRASEKHAR, SUBRAHMANYAN

soobˌrəmänˈyən chŭnˌdrəsāˈkər, 1910–95, American astrophysicist, b. Lahore, India (now Pakistan). He became a professor at the Univ. of Chicago in 1938 and remained associated with the university until his death. In 1953 he became an American citizen. Chandrasekhar was a major figure in the research on energy transfer by radiation in stellar atmospheres. He determined the Chandrasekhar limit, which states that stars 1.44 times as massive as the sun will collapse and become neutron stars. In 1983 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics with William A. Fowler for their theories regarding the evolution of massive stars. Chandrasekhar's work advanced the understanding of black holes, supernovas, and neutron stars. His books include An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure (1939), Principles of Stellar Dynamics (1943), Radiative Transfer (1950), and The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (1983).

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books on: Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan  - 43 results

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The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-2000
Book by Louise S. Sherby; Oryx Press, 2002
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Nobel Prizes
...research. S.D. 1983 Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan 675 Prize : Physics...Sitalakshmi Balakrishnan Chandrasekhar. Nationality: Indian...Commentary : In honoring Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the Academy noted his...
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A Dictionary of Astronomy
Book by Ian Ridpath; Oxford University Press, 1997
Subjects: Astronomy--Dictionaries
...Carlo Chandler 1846-1913 . Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan 1910-95 Indian-American...calculated an upper limit the * Chandrasekhar limit beyond which a star...Radiative Transfer 1950 . Chandrasekhar shared the 1983 Nobel prize...
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Science & Technology Almanac
Book by Lynn Lauerman; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Science--Periodicals, Technology--Periodicals
...Chain, Fleming, and Florey received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1945. Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan 1910 1995 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian astrophysicist, showed that the fate of a star depended on its mass. Low...
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Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking
Book by William H. Cropper; Oxford University Press, 2001
Subjects: Physicists--Biography
...Rutherford and, 324 , 328 Challenger space shuttle investigation, 399 401 Chandrasekhar, Lalitha, 438 39, 445 Chandrasekhar, Sitalakshmi, 440 , 441 Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, 438 51; background, 438 41; on black holes, 455 ; longevity...
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Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences - Vol. 8
Book by Marshall Cavendish; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Earth Sciences--Encyclopedias, Physical Sciences--Encyclopedias
...1.4 solar masses worth of iron (the Chandrasekhar limit; see CHANDRASEKHAR, SUBRAHMANYAN), the star becomes unstable, and its...white dwarf rises until it reaches the Chandrasekhar limit; the star then collapses, and...
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journal articles on: Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan  - 3 results

 
 
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Lyman Spitzer Jr
Journal article by Jeremiah P. Ostriker; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 150, 2006
Subjects: Deaths, Personal profiles, Physicists
...influenced by Arthur Eddington and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (an almost exact contemporary...though well trained (by S. Chandrasekhar), had neither formal nor...relaxation" introduced by S. Chandrasekhar and showed how this leads...
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Scientific Misconceptions among Daubert Gatekeepers: The Need for Reform of Expert Review Procedures
Journal article by Jan Beyea, Daniel Berger; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 64, 2001
Subjects: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.--113 S. Ct. 2786 (1993), Evidence, Expert--Litigation, Evidence, Scientific--Litigation, General Electric Co. v. Joiner--522 U.S. 136 (1997), Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael--526 U.S. 137 (1999), Products liability--Litigation
...Future courts can take advantage of the wisdom therein expressed. (53.) For instance, the physicist, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar cites Diracs book as one of five examples of "harmoniously organizing a domain of science with order, pattern...
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Hannes Alfvén
Journal article by Carl-Gunne Fälthammar, Alexander J. Dessler; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 150, 2006
Subjects: Astronomy, Atoms & subatomic particles, Cosmic rays, Nobel prizes, Nuclear energy, Nuclear physics, Science
...For example, in the respective prefaces of their books on plasma physics, the distinguished scientists Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and Lyman Spitzer give Alfven full credit for laying out the basic physics of cosmic plasma, and they each...


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magazine articles on: Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan  - 5 results

 
 
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X-ray Vision
Magazine article by Mariette Dichristina; Popular Science, Vol. 254, March 1999
Subjects: Space exploration, Space stations, Space telescopes, Telescopes, X rays
...ray observatorys name honors the late Indian-American Nobel Laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, nick-named Chandra, of the UniVersity of Chicago. "Chandrasekhar made fundamental contributions to the theory of black holes and other phenomena...
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A Man of Power and Resource
Magazine article by J.W. Grove; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 110, Summer 2003
Subjects: Gerhard Herzberg: An Illustrious Life in Science (Book)--Reviews
...with the dazzlingly brilliant astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, known to all astronomers simply as Chandra...hoping to study with Sir Arthur Eddington, Chandrasekhar had worked out the answer to a problem (it had...
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NASA's New Observatory
Magazine article by Rebecca Wyatt; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, October 4, 1999
Subjects: Observatories--Design and construction, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration--Planning
...into a public archive on the Internet for anyone to access. The orbiting observatory was named in honor of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a pioneer astronomer at the University of Chicago and Nobel Prize winner.
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Revealing the Universe
Magazine article by Chet Raymo; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 25, Autumn 2001
Subjects: Books--Reviews, The Making of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (Book)--Reviews
...images are coming in from the $2 billion Chandra X-Ray Observatory, named for 20th-century astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, and launched into Earth orbit by the space shuttle in 1999. These images, in which invisible x-rays are...
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From Wormholes to the Warp Drive: Using Theoretical Physics to Place Ultimate Bounds on Technology
Magazine article by William A. Hiscock; Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Vol. 82, Fall 2002
Subjects: Energy, Gravity, Matter & antimatter, Physicists, Quantum theory
...physics did not stop there: through the 1970s, work by a large number of physicists (including Nobel Laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar) showed that the "tunnel" structure inside such models of black holes is unstable, both classically and...


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newspaper articles on: Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan  - 1 result

 
 
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NASA'S Stellar Success: Photos Certify That $1.5 Billion Telescope Works
Newspaper article by Rebecca Wyatt; The Washington Times, August 27, 1999
...into a public archive on the Internet for anyone to access. The orbiting observatory was named in honor of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar , a pioneer astronomer at the University of Chicago and Nobel Prize winner. * This article is based in part...


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encyclopedia articles on: Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan  - 3 results

 
 
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Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHANDRASEKHAR, SUBRAHMANYAN soob r man y n chun dr sa k r...he became an American citizen. Chandrasekhar was a major figure in the research...atmospheres. He determined the Chandrasekhar limit, which states that stars...
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Fowler, William Alfred
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...especially in the evolution of stars. For his work in this area he shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar . Fowler also studied the radio emissions of quasars and the functioning of subatomic particles such as neutrinos...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Wilson Sune K. Bergstrom Bengt I. Samuelsson John R. Vane Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1983 Lech Walesa Henry Taube Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar William A. Fowler Barbara McClintock William Golding 1984 Desmond Tutu R. Bruce Merrifield Carlo Rubbia Simon...


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