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100			_aKameshwar C Wali _9180712
245			_aChandra: _bA Biography of S Chandrasekhar
260			_aNew Delhi _bPenguin Books _c1991
300			_ax,341 p. _bPB _c20x13 cm
365			_2Astronomy
520			_aChandra is an intimate portrait of a highly private and brilliant man, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a Nobel laureate in physics who has been a major contributor to the theories of white dwarfs and black holes. "Wali has given us a magnificent portrait of Chandra, full of life and color, with a deep understanding of the three cultures--Indian, British, and American--in which Chandra was successively immersed...I wish I had the job of reviewing this book for the New York Times rather than for Physics Today. If the book is only read by physicists, then Wali's devoted labors were in vain."--Freeman Dyson, Physics Today "An enthralling human document."--William McCrea, Times Higher Education Supplement "A dramatic, exuberant biography of one of the century's great scientists".
650			_aBiography _932429
650			_aAstrophysicist _932430
650			_aChandrashekar nobel physicist _9180703
700			_aWALI (Kameshwar C) _932431
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