Directory of Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan Resources

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This category lists pages and sites about the American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (October 19, 1910, Punjab Lahore, British India, now in Pakistan, – August 21, 1995, Chicago, Illinois, United States). He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics (shared with William Alfred Fowler) for his theoretical work on the structure and evolution of stars.

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• Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan

  http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/chandra.html
  The man whose name means "shining" in Sanskrit figured out exactly what makes stars shine.

• MacTutor - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

  http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Chandrasekhar.html
  Biography provided by the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Includes a printable version and photographs.

• Nobelprize.org - Subramanyan Chandrasekhar -

  http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1983/chandrasekhar-autobio.html
  Autobiography by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1983.

• Wikipedia - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar
  Encyclopedia article about the American astrophysicist born in British India. Covers early, career and Nobel Prize.

 

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