Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Retrieved by Joel Tohline on February 21, 1996 from address
http://astro.uchicago.edu/chandra/chandra.html
Prof. Chandrasekhar was born at Lahore in colonial India on October 19,
1910. After getting his B.A. at the Presidency College of the University of
Madras and Ph.D. at Trinity College, Cambridge (1933), he arrived at the
University of Chicago, where he stayed until his death on August 21, 1995
(University of Chicago press release
and Reuter's News Service press release).
He will be remembered for his insight, his comprehensive work, and
not least for inspiring us all to a greater passion for understanding
the Universe. A sampling of his wide-ranging and diverse work stands
as a monument to him:
- An introduction to the study of stellar structure
1939, QB801.C479
- Principles of stellar dynamics
1942, QB351.C46
- Radiative transfer
1950, QB461.C441
- Plasma physics; a course given at the University of Chicago
1960, QC718.C46
- Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability
1961, QC151.C40
- Ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium
1969, QB410.C45
- Shakespeare, Newton, and Beethoven : or, Patterns of
creativity
1973, BF408.C46
- Eddington, the most distinguished astrophysicist of his time
1983, QB36.E33C480
- The mathematical theory of black holes and of colliding plane
waves
1983, QB843.B55C48
- Truth and beauty : aesthetics and motivations in science
1987, Q175.C4530
- Plasma physics, hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability, and
applications of the tensor-virial theorem
1989, QC718.C380
- Stellar structure and stellar atmospheres
1989, QB808.C470
- Stochastic, statistical, and hydromagnetic problems in physics and
astronomy
1989, QB461.C470
- Relativistic astrophysics
1990, QB461.C4680
- Newton's Principia for the common reader
1995, ISBN: 0-19-851744-0
