Quest For Perspectives: Selected Works Of S Chandrasekhar, A (With Commentary) (In 2 Vols)

ISBN: 9781860942013 出版年：2001 页码：1,449 Kameshwar C Wali World Scientific Publishing Company

This invaluable book presents selected papers of S Chandrasekhar, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983 and a scientific giant well known for his prolific and monumental contributions to astrophysics, physics and applied mathematics. The reader will find here most of Chandrasekhar's articles that led to major developments in various areas of physics and astrophysics. There are also articles of a popular and historical nature, as well as some hitherto unpublished material based on Chandrasekhar's talks at conferences. Each section of the book contains annotations by the editor.