Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan (1910–95)Indian‐Americanastrophysicist, born in modern Pakistan. He was the first to identify
white dwarf stars as end-products of stellar evolution, and developed a theory which used relativistic effects to account for their
degeneracy pressure. He calculated an upper mass limit (the
Chandrasekhar limit) beyond which a star would enter a more dramatic final phase, setting the scene for the modern theory of
black holes. He studied how stars transfer energy by radiation in their atmospheres, publishing his findings in
Radiative Transfer (1950). Chandrasekhar shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics with W. A.
Fowler
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel Laureate
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/23/1995; 649 words
; Subrahmanyan "Chandra" Chandrasekhar, 84, a University of Chicago...Bernard Mitchell Hospital. Mr. Chandrasekhar, who joined the university...black holes implied by Mr. Chandrasekhar are the core of astrophysics...
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. (physicist)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 9/2/1995; 700+ words
; AS A young man, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar--all but universally known...mass that became known as the Chandrasekhar limit. However, when he presented...star with a mass above the Chandrasekhar limit. Yet a sense of duty...
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SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR, 84; PIONEERING ASTROPHYSICIST.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/22/1995; 539 words
; ...New York Times CHICAGO Dr. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a Nobel laureate in physics...the University of Chicago. Chandrasekhar, who was born in colonial...his calculations in 1930, Chandrasekhar showed that the collapse...
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OBITUARY: Professor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/24/1995; ; 700+ words
; Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was a towering figure in 20th-century science, an outstanding...available only for stars of mass less than a critical value - "Chandrasekhar's limit". However, this conclusion - now firmly built into...
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OBITUARY : Professor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/8/1995; ; 426 words
; May I add a footnote to your obituary {24 August} of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar? writes John Carswell. I am no scientist, but I was the unexpected beneficiary of his friendship at the University of Chicago...
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How to spawn nobel prize winners ; Ever since the prize was instituted in 1895, only four Indians have won the prize after India's independence Amartya Kumar Sen, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Mother Teresa and Har Gobind Khorana.
Newspaper article from: Business Today; 8/24/2008; ; 523 words
; ...instituted in 1895, only four Indians have won the prize after India's independence Amartya Kumar Sen, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Mother Teresa and Har Gobind Khorana. That's unfortunate for a country that has a billion-plus people...
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Physicist S. Chandrasekhar Dies; Work Led to `Black Hole' Theory
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/23/1995; ; 700+ words
; Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 84, the Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist whose...appreciated only after some length of time," Dr. Chandrasekhar said. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was born into an intellectually accomplished family...
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Nobel Laureate Chandrasekhar Dies
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/22/1995; 445 words
; Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, whose groundbreaking theories...Chicago announced. He was 84. Mr. Chandrasekhar, who had been affiliated with...was then colonial India, Mr. Chandrasekhar's father was a civil servant...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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SLIGHTING GREATNESS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 8/15/1999; 444 words
; ...VIEWS Biographical: SUBRAHMANYAN CHANDRASEKHAR Regarding "Shuttle mission...Chandrasekhar, widow of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the pioneering University...lady certainly did. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar received the Nobel Prize...
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Real icons need no tribute
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/27/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...to Robert Frasure and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. They also died this...history. - In 1930, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was a whiz kid of 19...to Robert Frasure and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is that they never expected...
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) worked on the origins, structure, and dynamics of stars and earned a prominent place in the annals of science. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's most celebrated work...
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Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Born: October 19, 1910Lahore...astrophysicist and mathematician Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar worked on the origins and...dwarf stars. Early years Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, better known as Chandra...
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Supernova
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...infinite mass and gravity. Chandrasekhar's limit: Theory that determines...born American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910 – 1995...mass of a star (known as Chandrasekhar's limit) that would determine...
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White Dwarf
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Indian-American astrophysicist and physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910 – 1995) reported that white...x2019; s mass. This limit is called the Chandrasekhar limit. As of the 2000s, astronomers contend...
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William Alfred Fowler
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...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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