Chandrasekhar and His Limit
G Venkataraman
Price
625
ISBN
9788173710353
Language
Tamil
Pages
144
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
1992
Territorial Rights
WORLD
Imprint
Universities Press
It is a heartwarming and very inspiring story about Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar, the most distinguished mathematical physicist India has produced. In a long and remarkable career, Chandrasekhar has done many outstanding things but this book concentrates mostly on one of them, namely, the discovery of the Chandrasekhar Limit.

A physicist and a prolific writer, Dr G Venkataraman has had a distinguished career in science and technology at BARC, Mumbai, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, and Anurag, DRDO, Hyderabad. He was a Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow from 1984 to 1986. He has also served as Vice Chancellor and Honorary Professor at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanthi Nilayam. He is a recipient of many awards, including the Sir C V Raman Prize, C V Raman Centenary Medal, Padma Shri, Indira Gandhi Award and the Indian Science Congress Medal for his contributions to the popularisation of science.

Besides the Vignettes in Physics series, Dr Venkataraman has authored two monographs—Dynamics of Perfect Crystals and Beyond the Crystalline State. He is also the author of the widely acclaimed Journey into Light: Life and Science of C. V. Raman.