Truth & Beauty (Paper) Paperback / softback
by Chandrasekhar
Paperback / softback
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"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, NatureThe 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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:180 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/10/1990
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- ISBN:9780226100876
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:180 pages
- Publisher:The University of Chicago Press
- Publication Date:15/10/1990
- Category:
- ISBN:9780226100876