Truth and Beauty (Keepsake Series) S. Chandrasekhar Summary "What a splendid book! "What a splendid book! Reading it is a joy, and for me, at least, continuing reading it became compulsive. . . . Chandrasekhar is a distinguished astrophysicist and every one of the lectures bears the hallmark of all his work: precision, thoroughness, lucidity."—Sir Hermann Bondi, Nature The late S. Chandrasekhar was best known for his discovery of the upper limit to the mass of a white dwarf star, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983. He was the author of many books, including The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes and, most recently, Newton's Principia for the Common Reader. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 185 pages · Hardcover By S. Chandrasekhar Details ISBN: 9780881623819 Author: S. Chandrasekhar Format: Hardcover Pages: 185 Language: English Publication date: 1 January 1991 Condition: New Rating: 0.00 About the authors S. Chandrasekhar and Salem House Publishers and HarperCollins Publishers · Publisher: Salem House Publishers More about this book Reviews Average rating: 0.00/5 · 0 reviews
