Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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Indian-American Nobel laureate astrophysicist human physicist

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on stellar structure and evolution, particularly the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs.

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instanceOf	Indian-American ⓘ Nobel laureate ⓘ astrophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruce Medal ⓘ Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ Henry Norris Russell Lectureship ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Padma Vibhushan ⓘ Royal Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	India ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1910-10-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1995-08-21 ⓘ
educatedAt	Presidency College, Madras ⓘ Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
employer	University of Chicago ⓘ Yerkes Observatory ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Tamil ⓘ
familyName	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chandrasekhar
fieldOfWork	astrophysics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar self-link ⓘ
givenName	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Subrahmanyan
knownFor	Chandrasekhar limit ⓘ Chandrasekhar number ⓘ Chandrasekhar–Friedman–Schutz instability ⓘ black hole theory ⓘ hydrodynamic stability ⓘ radiative transfer ⓘ stellar evolution ⓘ stellar structure ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear	1983 ⓘ
notableWork	An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure ⓘ Principles of Stellar Dynamics ⓘ Radiative Transfer ⓘ The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes ⓘ
placeOfBirth	British India ⓘ Punjab ⓘ surface form: Lahore Punjab ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Illinois ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld	Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor ⓘ
relative	C. V. Raman ⓘ
relativeType	nephew of C. V. Raman ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago
spouse	Lalitha Chandrasekhar ⓘ

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Chandrasekhar–Friedman–Schutz instability → namedAfter → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

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An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure → author → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Radiative Transfer → author → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes → author → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Chandrasekhar limit → namedAfter → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

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Principles of Stellar Dynamics → author → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Trinity College, Cambridge → notableAlumnus → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Max Planck Medal → hasRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Franklin Medal → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Albert Einstein Award → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

C. V. Raman → givenName → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

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University of Madras → hasNotableAlumni → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

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University of Madras → hasNotableAlumni → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

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Comstock Prize in Physics → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Allan R. Sandage → academicAdvisor → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Arthur Stanley Eddington → influenced → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Chandra X-ray Observatory → namedAfter → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Eddington Medal → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Barnard Medal for Meritorious Service to Science → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Meghnad Saha → influenced → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Henry Draper Medal → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Lorentz Medal → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

RAS Gold Medal → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment → namedAfter → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Rumford Prize → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy → coversPerson → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Heineman Prize for Astrophysics → notableRecipient → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

William A. Fowler → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Daulat Singh Kothari → influencedBy → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ

Princeton University Observatory → hasNotableMember → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ