| Description |
1 online resource (x, 299 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Chandrasekhar Centennial Symposium (October 15-17, 2010) -- Chandra: a biographical portrait / Kameshwar C. Wali -- Chandrasekhar's role in 20th-century science / Freeman Dyson -- Chandrasekhar and the legacy of Ramanujan / G. Srinivasan -- Chandra's influence on Indian astronomy / Jayant V. Narlikar -- Chandrasekhar and the history of astronomy / Virginia Trimble -- Compact stars and the evolution of binary systems / E.P.J. van den Heuvel -- Stability of relativistic stars / John L. Friedman and Nikolaos Stergioulas -- Key problems in black hole physics today / Pankaj S. Joshi -- Problems of collisional stellar dynamics / D.C. Heggie -- Chandrasekhar and modern stellar dynamics / N.W. Evans -- Monte Carlo radiative transfer / Barbara A. Whitney -- Astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics / James M. Stone -- The formation and evolution of massive black hole seeds in the early Universe / Priyamvada Natarajan -- Early Universe with CMB polarization / Tarun Souradeep -- Gravitational wave astronomy -- astronomy of the 21st century / S.V. Dhurandhar -- Gravitational waves from perturbed stars / V. Ferrari -- The Chandra X-ray observatory / Gordon P. Garmire -- Some memories of Chandra / Robert M. Wald |
| Summary |
This unique book contains a biographical portrait, accounts of Chandrasekhar's role and impact on modern science, historical perspectives and personal reminiscences, several of which appeared in Physics Today, and reviews by leading experts in areas which Prof. Chandrasekhar pioneered. The reviews, which appeared in the Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, are either based on papers presented by scholars in the Chandrasekhar Centennial Symposium at the University of Chicago during 15-17 October 2010, or were additional reviews covering topics not represented at the conference by other distinguished astrophysicists. It provides a glimpse of some of the most exciting areas of modern astrophysics as a tribute to Prof Chandrasekhar on his birth centenary |
| Notes |
" ... based on papers presented by scholars in the Chandrasekhar Centennial Symposium at the University of Chicago during 15-17 October 2010, or were additional reviews covering topics not represented at the conference by other distinguished astrophysicists "--Page 4 of cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995.
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| SUBJECT |
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995 fast |
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Stars -- Evolution.
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Stars -- Formation.
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Black holes (Astronomy)
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Astrophysics.
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astrophysics.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Astrophysics.
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Astrophysics
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Black holes (Astronomy)
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Stars -- Evolution
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Stars -- Formation
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Saikia, D. J.
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Trimble, Virginia.
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Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995.
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Chandrasekhar Centennial Symposium (2010 : University of Chicago)
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| ISBN |
9789814374774 |
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9814374776 |
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1280669810 |
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9781280669811 |
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9786613646743 |
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6613646741 |
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