| Description |
x, 341 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Illustrations -- Prologue: Tracking the Legend of Chandrasekhar -- 1. The Simple and True -- 2. Choosing the Unconventional: A Family Trait -- 3. Determined To Pursue Science -- Lahore and Madras, 1910-1930 -- 4. Discoveries, Personal and Scientific -- Cambridge and Copenhagen, 1930-1933 -- 5. Fellow of Trinity College -- Cambridge, 1933-1934 -- 6. The Absurd Behavior of Stars: Eddington and the White Dwarfs -- Cambridge, 1934-1935 -- 7. "I Must Push On in My Directions" -- Cambridge and Harvard, 1935-1936 -- 8. Lalitha -- Madras, 1936 -- 9. Scientist in the Midst of Political Turmoil -- Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1937-1952 -- 10. The Autocrat of the Editor's Desk: The Astrophysical Journal -- Chicago, 1952-1971 -- 11. In the Lonely Byways of Science -- Chicago, 1972-1989 -- Epilogue: Conversations with Chandra -- Notes -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
| Analysis |
Astrophysics |
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India |
| Notes |
"A centennial publication of the University of Chicago Press." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-325) and index |
| Subject |
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995.
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Astrophysicists -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
90010845 |
| ISBN |
0226870545 (alk. paper) |
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0226870553 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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