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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 · Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (born October 19, 1910, Lahore, India [now in Pakistan]—died August 21, 1995, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was an 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 ...

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   The Man Behind The Name. NASA's premier X-ray observatory was named the Chandra X-ray Observatory in honor of the late Indian-American Nobel laureate, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ( pronounced: su/bra/mon'/yon chandra/say/kar ). Known to the world as Chandra (which means "moon" or "luminous" in Sanskrit), he was widely regarded as one of the ...

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   Who is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS?

   • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar FRS ( / ˌtʃændrəˈʃeɪkər /; 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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   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 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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   Who is S Chandrasekhar?

   • S. Chandrasekhar: Man of Science. Harpercollins. ASIN B00C3EWIME. Alic, Kameshwar C (2011). Kameshwar, C Wali (ed.). A Scientific Autobiography: S Chandrasekhar. A Scientific Autobiography: S Chandrasekhar. Edited by K C Wali. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. Bibcode: 2010sasc.book.....W. doi: 10.1142/7686.

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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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   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 in the...

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   Jun 8, 2018 · A Nobel Laureate honored for his extraordinarily wide-ranging contributions to physics, astrophysics, and applied mathematics, Chandrasekhar is well known for his discovery of the limiting mass (Chandrasekhar limit) of a star that could become a white dwarf. Career .

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   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. Biography. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was known throughout his life as Chandra.

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