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   Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS (/ ˌ tʃ æ n d r ə ˈ ʃ eɪ k ər /; 19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to understanding of stellar evolution, black holes, and the structure of stars.

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   Apr 30, 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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   Learn about the life and achievements of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the Indian-American Nobel laureate who discovered the Chandrasekhar limit of white dwarf stars and pioneered the study of relativistic astrophysics. Find out how he became a prominent physicist, teacher, editor and leader in his field.

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   Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was one of the foremost astrophysicists of the twentieth century. He was one of the first scientists to couple the study of physics with the study of astronomy. Chandra proved that there was an upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf.

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   Aug 21, 1995 · Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910 - 1995) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics. Quick Info. Born. 19 October 1910. Lahore, India (now Pakistan) Died. 21 August 1995. Chicago, Illinois, USA. Summary. Chandrasekhar was awarded the Physics Nobel prize for his theoretical work on the gravitational collapse of stars. View six larger pictures.

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   Who is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar?

   • Chandrasekhar was awarded the Physics Nobel prize for his theoretical work on the gravitational collapse of stars. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was known throughout his life as Chandra. His father was C Subrahmanyan Ayyar and his mother was Sitalaksmi Aiyar.

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   How many books did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar write?

   • Chandra published ten books and served as the editor of the prominent Astrophysical Journal for nineteen years. In 1999, four years after his death in August of 1995, NASA launched Chandra, a x-ray observatory named in honor of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

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   Did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and William Alfred Fowler work together?

   • Nature Reviews Physics 5 , 556 ( 2023) Cite this article Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and William Alfred Fowler shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983, for their work on stellar evolution. Although they were born just months apart, and died in the same year, they never directly worked together, despite both spending formative years in Cambridge.

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   How did Subrahmanyan Chandra accept Struve's offer?

   • Suggested Citation: "SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR." National Academy of Sciences. 1997. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 72. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5859. Chandra accepted Struve's offer, much to the disgust of his father who saw his son receding farther into the mists of foreign culture.

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   Sep 29, 2023 · Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and William Alfred Fowler shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983, for their work on stellar evolution. Although they were born just months apart, and died...

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   SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR. October 13, 1910–August 21, 1995. BY EUGENE N. PARKER. SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR was born into a free-thinking, Tamil-speaking Brahmin family in Lahore, India. He was preceded into the world by two sisters and followed by three brothers and four sisters.

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