Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
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Chandrasekhar worked on a wide variety of problems in physics during his lifetime, contributing to the contemporary understanding of stellar structure, white dwarfs, stellar dynamics, stochastic process, radiative transfer, the quantum theory of the hydrogen anion, hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability, turbulence, equilibrium and the stability of ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium, general relativity, mathematical theory of black holes and theory of colliding gravitational waves. At the University of Cambridge, he developed a theoretical model explaining the structure of white dwarf stars that took into account the relativistic variation of mass with the velocities of electrons that comprise their degenerate matter. He showed that the mass of a white dwarf could not exceed 1.44 times that of the Sun – the Chandrasekhar limit. Chandrasekhar revised the models of stellar dynamics first outlined by Jan Oort and others by considering the effects of fluctuating gravitational fields within the Milky Way on stars rotating about the galactic centre. His solution to this complex dynamical problem involved a set of twenty partial differential equations, describing a new quantity he termed "dynamical friction", which has the dual effects of decelerating the star and helping to stabilize clusters of stars. Chandrasekhar extended this analysis to the interstellar medium, showing that clouds of galactic gas and dust are distributed very unevenly.
Chandrasekhar studied at Presidency College, Madras (now Chennai) and the University of Cambridge. A long-time professor at the University of Chicago, he did some of his studies at the Yerkes Observatory, and served as editor of ''The Astrophysical Journal'' from 1952 to 1971. He was on the faculty at Chicago from 1937 until his death in 1995 at the age of 84, and was the Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics. Provided by Wikipedia
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Undermining local democracy : parallel governance in contemporary South India / by Chandrashekhar, Lalita
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Undermining local democracy : parallel governance in contemporary South India / by Chandrashekhar, Lalita
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Ethnicity and mobility : emerging ethnic identity and social mobility among the Waddars of South India / by Bhat, Chandrashekhar, 1944-
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In vitro bioassay techniques for anticancer drug discovery and development / by Sunil, Dhanya, Kamath, Pooja R., Chandrashekhar H., Raghu
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Handbook of Anaesthesia & Peri-operative Medicine. by Mendonca, Cyprian
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Processing and manufacturing of composite materials : presented at the Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1-6, 1991 /
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Stellate cells in health and disease /
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Stellate cells in health and disease /
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Advances in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes.
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Advances in biomembranes and lipid self-assembly /
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Handbook of bioenergy crop plants
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Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly.
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Negotiating climate change : the inside story of the Rio Convention /
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Security and privacy applications for smart city development /
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A Reader in urban sociology /
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Genetics, genomics and breeding of poplar /
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Water security and sustainability : proceedings of Down to Earth 2019 /
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Digital ecosystem for innovation in agriculture /
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