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Chandra: A Biography of S.Chandrasekhar

By Kameshwar C. Wali

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
1990
ISBN
9780226870540, 0226870545
LCC
QB36.C46 W35 1991
Open Library ID
OL1858331M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
6 MB (5969552 bytes)
Series
Centennial Publications of The University of Chicago Press
Edition
illustrated edition
Pages
380\380
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Библиотека;Жизнь выдающихся людей;Ученыедеятели наукиизобретатели

Description

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. "Wali has given us a magnificent portrait of Chandra, full of life and color, with a deep understanding of the three cultures—Indian, British, and American—in which Chandra was successively immersed. . . . I wish I had the job of reviewing this book for the New York Times rather than for Physics Today . If the book is only read by physicists, then Wali's devoted labors were in vain."—Freeman Dyson, Physics Today "An enthralling human document."—William McCrea, Times Higher Education Supplement "A dramatic, exuberant biography of one of the century's great scientists."— Publishers Weekly >

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