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.

Aliases (4)

S. Chandrasekhar ×2
Chandrasekhar ×1
Chandrasekhara ×1
Subrahmanyan ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
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	Chandrasekhar →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar →
givenName	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 → Lahore → Punjab →
placeOfDeath	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 →
spouse	Lalitha Chandrasekhar →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Einstein Award → Comstock Prize in Physics → Eddington Medal → Franklin Medal → Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society → Henry Norris Russell Lectureship → Rumford Medal →	notableRecipient
An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure → Principles of Stellar Dynamics → Radiative Transfer → The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes →	author
Chandra X-ray Observatory → Chandrasekhar limit → Chandrasekhar number → Chandrasekhar–Friedman–Schutz instability →	namedAfter
Humboldt University of Berlin → University of Madras ("S. Chandrasekhar") → University of Madras →	hasNotableAlumni
Presidency College, Madras ("S. Chandrasekhar") → Presidency College, Madras → Trinity College, Cambridge →	notableAlumnus
C. V. Raman ("Chandrasekhara") → Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ("Subrahmanyan") →	givenName
Max Planck Medal → National Medal of Science →	hasRecipient
Allan R. Sandage →	academicAdvisor
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor →	associatedWith
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ("Chandrasekhar") →	familyName
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar →	fullName
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor →	hasNotableHolder
Chandrasekhar limit →	hasTheoreticalDerivationBy
Arthur Stanley Eddington →	influenced
Nobel Prize in Physics →	notableLaureate
Lalitha Chandrasekhar →	notableRelative
Henry Norris Russell →	notableStudent
Lalitha Chandrasekhar →	partnerInScience
Lalitha Chandrasekhar →	spouse