A Scientific Autobiography S Chandrasekhar

Author : Kameshwar C. Wali,Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814299589

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A Scientific Autobiography by Kameshwar C. Wali,Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Pdf

S. Chandrasekhar, popularly known as Chandra, was one of the foremost scientists of the 20th century. The year 2010 marks the birth centenary of Chandra. His unique style of research, inward bound, seeking a personal perspective to master a particular field, and then pass on to another was so unique that it will draw considerable interest and attention among scholars. As Chandra elucidates in the preface, "The various installments describe in detail the evolution of my scientific work during the past forty years and records each investigation, describing the doubts and the successes, the trials and the tribulations. And the parts my various associates and assistants played in the completion of the different investigations are detailed." It is indeed a remarkable and rare document, fascinating to read and experience the joys, frustrations and struggles of a creative mind. In addition, a compilation of selected correspondence, which includes his correspondence with his father, some family members and other well-known scientists of the 20th century, will provide an interesting insight into the life of an extraordinary scientist.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814465342

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A Scientific Autobiography: S Chandrasekhar by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kameshwar C. Wali
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226870557

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Chandra by Kameshwar C. Wali Pdf

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

Author : Kameshwar C. Wali
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9811208328

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S Chandrasekhar - Selected Correspondence and Conversations of Lalitha and Chandra by Kameshwar C. Wali Pdf

The correspondence in Chandra's journals revealed in his own words the depth of his pursuit of science as well as his personal struggles, and such material is significant for the public to have a deeper understanding of the man behind the legend. The first part of the project was completed at the time of the Chandra birth centennial in 2010 with the publication of A Scientific Autobiography: Chandrasekhar. It provided a rare and personal insight into the joys and struggles of a brilliant scientist at work.There remained yet a wealth of correspondence that shed significant insight into Chandra's life, and this included the correspondence during his days as a student in India and Cambridge, his trials and tribulations in the competitive world of British academia, his travels to Russia and Germany, and his unexpected encounter with Sir Arthur Eddington. It also included selected correspondence and conversations with Lalitha, his wife of over sixty years. These letters and conversations with her reflect her own views of their life. She, a student of physics herself, eventually gave up her own work in science to become an integral part of Chandra's life. As Chandra wrote, 'The full measure of of my indebtedness] cannot really be recorded; it is too deep and too all persuasive. Let me then record simply that Lalitha was the motivating source and strength of my life ...'

Author : Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Astrophysicists
ISBN : 9789811208331

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S Chandrasekhar by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Pdf

Excerpts from Chandra-father correspondence: 1928-1933 -- Excerpts from Chandra-father correspondence: 1934-1936 -- Excerpts from K.S. Krishnan correspondence: 1934-1938 -- Miscellaneous letters -- Chandra and Eddington correspondence from 1933-1943 -- Rosenfeld correspondence: January and February 1935 -- Selected correspondence between Lalitha and Chandra 1930-1934 -- Selected correspondence from Lalitha 1935.

Author : Radhika Ramnath
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789350299593

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S. Chandrasekhar Man Of Science by Radhika Ramnath Pdf

'A must read for those interested in the great man'-The Times of India 'I discovered what true mathematical elegance is from Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar' - Carl Sagan, who studied under Professor Chandrasekhar at the University of Chicago The world knows S. Chandrasekhar as a Nobel laureate and an outstanding astrophysicist. But he was, at the same time, a caring uncle, a devoted husband and a compassionate brother, who made it a point to reach out to everyone around him despite his legendary status. This compilation brings out the various facets of the man and the scientist. It includes some of his more general essays and lectures in which he lucidly presents his thoughts on the pursuit of science, creativity, his work, and his abiding love for his motherland. There are also reminiscences by family members who interacted with him and grew to adore the man who, they remember, had as beautiful a heart as his handwriting. This collection strives to bring to the fore the person that was Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar and the life he led: from his engagement with science to the little anecdotes that illuminated the lives of those around him.

Author : Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Celestial mechanics
ISBN : 9780198526759

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Newton's Principia for the Common Reader by Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Pdf

Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica provides a coherent and deductive presentation of his discovery of the universal law of gravitation. It is very much more than a demonstration that 'to us it is enough that gravity really does exist and act according to the laws which wehave explained and abundantly serves to account for all the motions of the celestial bodies and the sea'. It is important to us as a model of all mathematical physics.Representing a decade's work from a distinguished physicist, this is the first comprehensive analysis of Newton's Principia without recourse to secondary sources. Professor Chandrasekhar analyses some 150 propositions which form a direct chain leading to Newton's formulation of his universal law ofgravitation. In each case, Newton's proofs are arranged in a linear sequence of equations and arguments, avoiding the need to unravel the necessarily convoluted style of Newton's connected prose. In almost every case, a modern version of the proofs is given to bring into sharp focus the beauty,clarity, and breath-taking economy of Newton's methods.Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is one of the most reknowned scientists of the twentieth century, whose career spanned over 60 years. Born in India, educated at the University of Cambridge in England, he served as Emeritus Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at theUniversity of Chicago, where he has was based from 1937 until his death in 1996. His early research into the evolution of stars is now a cornerstone of modern astrophysics, and earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983. Later work into gravitational interactions between stars, the properties offluids, magnetic fields, equilibrium ellipsoids, and black holes has earned him awards throughout the world, including the Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society in London (1953), the National Medal of Science in the United States (1966), and the Copley Medal from the Royal Society (1984).His many publications include Radiative transfer (1950), Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability (1961), and The mathematical theory of black holes (1983), each being praised for its breadth and clarity. Newton's Principia for the common reader is the result of Professor Chandrasekhar's profoundadmiration for a scientist whose work he believed is unsurpassed, and unsurpassable.

Author : Kameshwar C. Wali
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1860940382

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S. Chandrasekhar by Kameshwar C. Wali Pdf

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - known simply as Chandra throughout the scientific world - has become a legendary figure for his prolific contributions to physics, astrophysics, and applied mathematics. Before his death in 1995, Chandra had forbidden a memorial of the conventional sort, celebrating his life. This book, which contains some thirty articles by his former students, his associates, and his colleagues, is in a sense a memorial volume. It says little about Chandra's great scientific achievements, but shows his human side and the various facets of his brilliant personality, his incredible memory, his wit, and the breadth of his knowledge of art, music, literature, and the humanities in general. The contributors to this highly interesting book are among the few who broke the seemingly forbidden barrier surrounding the very private Chandra and came to know him well in one context or another. They include Lalitha Chandrasekhar, Roger Penrose, Richard H Dalitz, J W Cronin, Robert G Sachs, Abhay Ashtekar, and Robert Wald.

Author : Arun Anand
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9788184304640

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Dr. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar by Arun Anand Pdf

Chandrasekhar was born on 19 October 1910 in Lahore; Punjab; Pakistan in a Tamil family; to Sitalakshmi (1891–1931) and Chandrasekhara Subrahmanya (1885–1960) who was posted in Lahore as Deputy Auditor General of the Northwestern Railways at the time of Chandrasekhar's birth. He was the eldest of their four sons and the third of their ten children. His paternal uncle was the Indian physicist and Nobel laureate C. V. Raman. In January 1937; Chandrasekhar was recruited to the University of Chicago faculty as Assistant Professor by Dr. Otto Struve and President Robert Maynard Hutchins. He was to remain at the university for his entire career; becoming Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics in 1952 and attaining emeritus status in 1985. Professor Chandrasekhar was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his studies on the physical processes important to the structure and evolution of stars. Chandrasekhar died of a sudden heart attack at the University of Chicago Hospital in 1995; and was survived by his wife; Lalitha Chandrasekhar; who died on September 2; 2013 at the age of 102.

Author : Dilip M. Salwi
Publisher : books catalog
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : CHI:69770609

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S. Chandrasekhar by Dilip M. Salwi Pdf

As a young man he presented a paper on astrophysics that was publicly ridiculed by the eminent astrophysicist A. S. Eddington. However, this did not stop S. Chandrasekhar from becoming one of the giants of astrophysics and winning the Nobel Prize. This is the story of a true polymath whose interests ranged from interstellar galaxies and neuron stars to classical music and English literature. Recognised among the greated astrophysicists of the twentieth century, Chandrasekhar till his last day remained a true scientist, devoted to his research, his students, and to sharing his knowledge with the astrophysicist community.

Author : Dhruba Jyoti Saikia,Virginia Trimble
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789814405270

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Fluid Flows To Black Holes: A Tribute To S Chandrasekhar On His Birth Centenary by Dhruba Jyoti Saikia,Virginia Trimble Pdf

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.

Author : Ali Winter
Publisher : Lantana Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781913747633

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Science and Me by Ali Winter Pdf

Discover some of the inspirational men and women who have received Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine from 1901 to the present day, among them Marie Curie, Hermann Joseph Muller, and Donna Strickland. A glimpse into the often surprising lives and sometimes accidental discoveries of a group of extraordinary scientists, this fascinating collection shows that the science you learn at school really can change the world. "Winter and El Fathi give a satisfying flavor of the work that guided scientific and moral compasses, while highlighting aspects of the scientists’ personal histories"—The New York Times, 5 Picture Books About the Wonders of Science “Rich material for readers seeking scientific role models who made differences both in and beyond the lab”—Kirkus Reviews “This beautifully presented book invites young readers to consider the values of science and how it carries the potential to change the world for the better”—Mat Tobin, Senior Lecturer in Education

Author : Jayant Vishnu Narlikar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Astrophysicists
ISBN : 8123778457

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My Tale of Four Cities by Jayant Vishnu Narlikar Pdf

Autobiographical reminiscences of Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, an astrophysicist and science fiction writer in Marathi.

Author : Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam,Arun Tiwari
Publisher : Universities Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8173711461

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Wings of Fire by Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam,Arun Tiwari Pdf

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, The Son Of A Little-Educated Boat-Owner In Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Had An Unparalled Career As A Defence Scientist, Culminating In The Highest Civilian Award Of India, The Bharat Ratna. As Chief Of The Country`S Defence Research And Development Programme, Kalam Demonstrated The Great Potential For Dynamism And Innovation That Existed In Seemingly Moribund Research Establishments. This Is The Story Of Kalam`S Rise From Obscurity And His Personal And Professional Struggles, As Well As The Story Of Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul And Nag--Missiles That Have Become Household Names In India And That Have Raised The Nation To The Level Of A Missile Power Of International Reckoning.

Author : G. Srinivasan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0226769968

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From White Dwarfs to Black Holes by G. Srinivasan Pdf

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.