Chandra: a biography of S. Chandrasekhar
Material type:
TextPublication details: The University of Chicago Press 1991 ChicagoDescription: x, 341 p.; ill. Includes bibliographies and indexISBN: - 9780226870557
- 523.01092 W2C4
| Item type | Current library | Item location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Vikram Sarabhai Library | Rack 33-A / Slot 1695 (2nd Floor, East Wing) | Non-fiction | General Stacks | 523.01092 W2C4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 206298 |
Table of Contents
Chapter 1.The simple and true
Chapter 2.Choosing the unconventional: a family trait
Chapter 3.Determined to pursue science
Chapter 4.Discoveries, personal and scientific
Chapter 5.Fellow of Trinity college
Chapter 6.The absurd behavior of stars: Eddington and the White Dwarfs
Chapter 7.“I must push on in my directions”
Chapter 8.Lalitha
Chapter 9.Scientist in the midst of political turmoil
Chapter 10.The autocrat of the editor’s desk: the astrophysical journal
Chapter 11.In the lonely byways of science
Chandra is an intimate portrait of a highly private and brilliant man, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a Nobel laureate in physics who has been a major contributor to the theories of white dwarfs and black holes.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3774392.html
There are no comments on this title.