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A quest for perspectives: selected works of S. Chandrasekhar: with commentary

By S. Chandrasekhar , Kameshwar C. Wali

Book information

Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Company
Year
2000
ISBN
9781860942013, 1860942016
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
7 MB (7012491 bytes)
Pages
788\788
Topic
Physics
Time added
2009-08-06 05:14:26

Description

This valuable work presents selected papers of S. Chandrasekhar, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 and a scientific giant well known for his prolific and monumental contributions to astrophysics, physics and applied mathematics. The reader will find here most of Chandrasekhar's articles that led to major developments in various areas of physics and astrophysics. There are also articles of a popular and historical nature, as well as some hitherto unpublished material based on Chandrasekhar's talks at conferences. Each section of the book contains annotations by the editor.

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