From White Dwarfs to Black Holes - The Legacy of S. Chandrasekhar (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

"From White Dwarfs to Black Holes" chronicles the extraordinarily productive scientific career of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished astrophysicists. Among Chandrasekhar's many discoveries were the critical mass that makes a star too massive to become a white dwarf and the mathematical theory of black holes. In 1983 he shared the Nobel Prize for Physics for these and other achievements.
Over the course of more than six decades of active research Chandrasekhar investigated a dizzying array of subjects. G. Srinivasan notes in the preface to this book that "the range of Chandra's contributions is so vast that no one person in the physics or astronomy community can undertake the task of commenting on his achievements." Thus, in this collection, ten eminent scientists evaluate Chandrasekhar's contributions to their own fields of specialization. Donald E. Osterbrock closes the volume with a historical discussion of Chandrasekhar's interactions with graduate students during his more than quarter century at Yerkes Observatory.
Contributors are James Binney, John L. Friedman, Norman R. Lebovitz, Donald E. Osterbrock, E. N. Parker, Roger Penrose, A. R. P. Rau, George B. Rybicki, E. E. Salpeter, Bernard F. Schutz, and G. Srinivasan.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	May 2000
Editors:	G. Srinivasan
Dimensions:	227 x 152 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	254
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-76997-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-226-76997-6
Barcode:	9780226769974

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