Papers, etc.

Papers are at the University of Chicago. The AIP Center for History of Physics has a finding aid. The Center has an oral history interviews with him from 1977 and 1987 and many others which mention him.

Other References: Historical

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, vol. 17, nos. 3&4 (December 1996) is a special issue devoted to Chandrasekhar. Articles include G. Srinivasan, “Stars: Their Structure and Evolution,” 53-76; James Binney, “The Stellar-Dynamical Oeuvre,” 81-93; George B. Rybicki, “Radiative Transfer,” 95-112; E.N. Parker, “S. Chandrasekhar and Magnetohydrodynamics,” 147-166; Norman R. Lebovitz, “The Virial Method and the Classical Ellipsoids,” 167-182; Bernard F. Schutz, “Making the Transition from Newton to Einstein: Chandrasekhar's Work on the Post-Newtonian Approximation and Radiation Reaction,” 183-197; John L. Friedman, “Stability Theory of Relativistic Stars,” 199-211; Roger Penrose, “Chandrasekhar, Black Holes, and Singularities,” 213-231; and Donald E. Osterbrock, “Chandra and His Students at Yerkes Observatory,” 233-268.

Chandrasekhar, S., “The Aesthetic Base of the General Theory of Relativity,” Mitteilungen der AG 67, 1986. [Karl Schwarzschild lecture]

Chandrasekhar, S., Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science (U. of Chicago Press, 1987).

Chandrasekhar, S., “The Maximum Mass of Ideal White Dwarfs,” Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy 15, 2, 115-17 (1994).

Greenstein, George, Frozen Star (Freundlich Books, NY, 1983).

Osterbrock, Donald E., Yerkes Observatory 1892-1950: The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution (U of Chicago Press, 1997).

Parker, E.N., “S. Chandrasekhar and Magnetohydrodynamics, ” J. Astrophys. Astr. 17, 147-66 (1996).

Peraiah, A., “Radiative Transfer – Chandrasekhar – and After,” Bull. Astro. Soc. India 24, 397-536 (1996).

Penrose, Roger, “Chandrasekhar, Black Holes, and Singularities,“ J. Astrophys. Astr. 17, 213-232 (1996).

Ramaseshan, S., “Chandrasekhar – Some Reminiscences,” Bull. Astro. Soc. India 24, 537-50 (1996).

Thorne, Kip S., Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein’s Outrageous Legacy (W.W. Norton, 1994).

Uberoi, C., “Chandrasekhar’s Contributions to Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Instabilities,” Bull. Astr. Soc. India 24, 551-60 (1996).

Wald, Robert M., ed., Black Holes and Relativistic Stars (U. Chicago Press, 1998).

Wali, Kameshwar C., “Chandraskhar’s Contributions to General Relativity,” in The Attraction of Gravitation: New Studies in the History of General Relativity, Einstein Studies, v. 5, John Earman, Michel Janssen, John D. Norton, eds. (Birkhäuser, Boston, 1993; Springer Verlag, 1994).

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Other References:Scientific

Chandrasekhar, S., Selected Papers, 7 vols. (University of Chicago Press, 1989-96). Vol. 7 contains essays on aesthetics and personal notes.

Chandrasekhar, S., An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure (University of Chicago Press, 1939).

Chandrasekhar, S., Principles of Stellar Dynamics (University of Chicago Press, 1942; Dover, 1960).

Chandrasekhar, S., “Dynamical Friction. I. General Considerations: The Coefficient of Dynamical Friction,” Ap.J. 97, 255 (1943) [reprinted in the centennial edition Ap.J. 525, 339 (1999) with a modern commentary by Frank H. Shu].

Chandrasekhar, S., Radiative Transfer (Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK, 1950).

Chandrasekhar, S. & G. Münch, “The Theory of the Fluctuations in Brightness of the Milky Way. V.,” Ap.J. 115, 103 (1952) [reprinted in the centennial edition Ap.J. 525, 455 (1999) with a modern commentary by John Scalo].

Chandrasekhar, S. & E. Fermi, “Magnetic Fields in Spiral Arms,” Ap.J. 118, 113 (1953) [reprinted in the centennial edition Ap.J. 525, 520 (1999) with a modern commentary by J.A. Simpson].

Chandrasekhar, S. & Donna D. Elbert, The Illumination and Polarization of the Sunlit Sky on Rayleigh Scattering (American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1954).

Chandrasekhar, S., Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability (Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK, 1961).

Chandrasekhar, S., Ellipsoidal Figures of Equilibrium (Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, CT, 1969).

Chandrasekhar, S., The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, UK, 1983).

Chandrasekhar, S., Classical General Relativity (Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, UK, 1993).

Chandrasekhar, S., Newton's Principia for the Common Reader (Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, UK, 1995).

Wali, Kameshwar C., ed., A Quest for Perspectives. Selected Works of S. Chandrasekhar with Commentary (Imperial College Press, London, 2001) [abstract].

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Other Works: Popularizations, Fiction, etc.

Chandrasekhar, S., Eddington: The Most Distinguished Astrophysicist of His Time (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, UK, 1983).

Chandrasekhar, S., Truth and Beauty: Aesthetics and Motivations in Science (Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1987).

Chandrasekhar, S., “Science and Scientific Attitudes,” Nature 344, 285 (1990).

Chandrasekhar, S., “The Series Paintings of Claude Monet and the Landscape of General Relativity,” Address delivered at the Dedication Ceremonies of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (December 28, 1992).

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