Glimpses of cosmic menagerie through S. Chandrasekhar's eyes
Author :Gupta, Patrick Das
Keywords :Astrophysicists
Chandrasekhar, S. -- (Subrahmanyan), -- 1910-1995
Issue Date :2011-07
Publisher :National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata
Description :This article provides an exposition to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's seminal contributions to wide ranging topics in astrophysics - from white dwarf mass limit to blackholes and gravitational waves, in the light of observational astronomy. Most of the results obtained by Chandrasekhar led to far reaching consequences in astrophysics, many of them experimentally validated.
Description :Includes bibliographical references.
Source :National Council of Science Museums
Type :Article
Received From :National Council of Science Museums
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dc.contributor.author
Gupta, Patrick Das
dc.date.accessioned
2017-06-15T09:31:35Z
dc.date.available
2017-06-15T09:31:35Z
dc.description
Includes bibliographical references.
dc.date.issued
2011-07
dc.description.abstract
This article provides an exposition to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's seminal contributions to wide ranging topics in astrophysics - from white dwarf mass limit to blackholes and gravitational waves, in the light of observational astronomy. Most of the results obtained by Chandrasekhar led to far reaching consequences in astrophysics, many of them experimentally validated.
dc.source
National Council of Science Museums
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128-133p.
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application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2618
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata
dc.subject
Astrophysicists
Chandrasekhar, S. -- (Subrahmanyan), -- 1910-1995
Government of India
