Chandra
A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar

352 pages
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33 halftones
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6 x 9
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© 1990
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Table of Contents

Contents
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
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
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