About this title: This science history chronicles the terrible professional and personal toll suffered by astrophysicist Subrahmanyan "Chandra" Chandrasekhar, who, when he first theorized the existence of black holes in 1935, was so soundly ridiculed by his erstwhile mentor, the eminent Sir Arthur Eddington, that general acceptance of the idea did not occur until ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 2005-04-25
ISBN-13:9780618341511ISBN:061834151X
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780618341511ISBN:061834151X
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Advanced Reading copy in pristine condition. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 364 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2005-04-25
ISBN-13:9780618341511ISBN:061834151X
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Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780618341511ISBN:061834151X
Description: Fine/Fine. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Black cloth. Illustrated. The dramatic untold story of a bitter scientific rivalry-born of clashing cultures and worldviews-that led to the discovery of black holes. Astrophysicists Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar of India and Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington of Great Britain. Bibliography, Glossary, Index. 364 pp. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780618341511ISBN:061834151X
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Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 2005.
ISBN-13:9780618341511ISBN:061834151X
Description: Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 364 pages, black boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine dust jacket with the original price. read more
Description: ISBN 061834151X. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition. Copy Two. read more
Description: ISBN 061834151X. Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition book in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. As new condition. Copy One. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780618341511ISBN:061834151X
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Appears unread, almost as new. First edition. First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Appears unread, almost as new. Hard cover xx, 364 p. Illustrated. read more
"This book is a sort of history of Astrophysics in the 20th century, centered on a seminal theory proposed by Dr. Subramanyam Chandrasekhar in 1930, which later came to be the theory of black holes. But the young 21-year old Indian is ridiculed publicly in Cambridge by the eminent Sir Arthur Eddington. This ridicule damages Chandra's psyche for good, for life in fact. The book is the story of intrigue, racism in scientific circles in Britain in the mid 20th century and its effect on Chandra. Later, Chandra moves to the University of Chicago and eventually is awarded the Nobel prize the mid 1980's for his work fifty years earlier. The book is also partially a biography of Dr.Chandra. Chandra, though an astrophysicist, was primarily a mathematician who applied it to astrophysics. He loved the beauty inherent in Maths. There are some interesting quotes in the book. The young writes to his father at age 21:'...I am ashamed to say that I am 21. So much time has passed but so little done.' And this was written after he made his first proposal of the path-breaking theory of blackholes! The book is a somewhat slow read. But for people interested in blak holes and also the life story of Dr.Chandra, it is a worthy read. Incidentally, Dr.Chandrasekhar grew up in the Madras suburb of Triplicane, where I also grew up and he attended the Hindu High School, which was also my high school! Of course, the identity ends there!"
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