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Chandrasekhar published around 380 papers [53][1] in his lifetime. He wrote his first paper in 1928 when he was still an undergraduate student about Compton effect [54] and last paper which was accepted for publication just two months before his death was in 1995 which was about non-radial oscillation of stars. [55]
Aug 17, 2024 · S. Chandrasekhar, Indian-born American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the currently accepted theory on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars. Learn more about Chandrasekhar’s life and work.
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After reading Eddington’s book on the stars and Fowler’s book on quantum-statistical mechanics, Chandrasekhar had become fascinated by white dwarf stars --- stars that have exhausted their supply of nuclear energy by burning hydrogen to make helium or carbon and oxygen.
Aug 21, 1995 · Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983 . Born: 19 October 1910, Lahore, India (now Pakistan) Died: 21 August 1995, Chicago, IL, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar — known simply as Chandra throughout the scientific world — has become a legendary figure for his prolific contributions to physics, astrophysics, and applied mathematics.
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures/The Nobel Prizes. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar died on August 21, 1995. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1983. To cite this section
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar—child prodigy, predictor of black holes, Nobelist, and UChicago professor for nearly 60 years—often distilled his life into two sentences: “I left India and went to England in 1930.
