Chandrasekhar : The Man Behind the Legend - Chandra Remembered

by Wali, Kameshwar C.

• ISBN13: 9781860940385
• ISBN10: 1860940382
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
"My Everlasting Flame"	p. 9
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: My Anna 1910-1995	p. 17
S. Chandrasekhar: A Personal Portrait	p. 30
Chandra: The Great Guru	p. 34
On Working with Chandra	p. 41
Exploring General Relativity with Chandra	p. 46
A Remembrance	p. 50
Motivations of a Hero of Science	p. 55
Chandrasekhar and the End of Time	p. 61
Some Memories of Chandra	p. 70
Chandra at Caltech	p. 76
Some Memories of Chandra	p. 80
Memories of an Uncle	p. 86
Chandra in Focus	p. 90
Recollections	p. 95
What Knowing Chandra Means to Me	p. 99
Chandrasekhar - Some Reminiscences	p. 101
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Remembered	p. 113
Thursday Afternoons	p. 122
Chandra and Ramanujan	p. 130
Reminiscences of Chandra	p. 139
Some Personal Recollections of S. Chandrasekhar at Chicago and Oxford	p. 142
Chandra the Romantic	p. 156
S. Chandrasekhar, the Friend: Some Reminiscences	p. 160
A Towering Figure: Reminiscences and Reflections	p. 167
Encounters with Chandra	p. 172
Reflections on Chandra	p. 178
Reminiscing About Chandra's Research	p. 183
Reminiscences About Chandra	p. 187
Chandra and Isaac Newton	p. 195
Chandrasekhar's Research on Newton's Principia	p. 201
Recollections About Chandra	p. 206
Chandra's Visits to Poland	p. 210
Meeting Chandra	p. 213
List of Contributors	p. 218
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