1910-1995
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was one of the most
brilliant physicists of the
20th Century. Most known as being a
pioneer in the area of combining
Astronomy and
Physics, and for
discovering the '
Chandrasekhar Limit'; the
upper limit of the
mass of a
white dwarf star. Won the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983. Also the author of many books:
In Order of Publishing:
Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure - 1939 - Stellar Dynamics
Principles of Stellar Dynamics - 1942 - Stellar Dynamics
Radiative Transfer - 1950 - Radiative Transfer (
obviously)
Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability - 1961 - Subject same as Title
Ellipsoidal Figures of Equilibrium - 1968 - Figures of Equilibrium (WAY beyond
me)
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes - 1983 - Black Holes and Quantum Theory
Chandrasekhar is a very interesting and deep fellow. I recomend any of his books for anyone interested in these subjects,
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes is very interesting but you have to know a lot of
math to understand it (it lost me very
quickly.)
Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure is also good and much less mathematical, but still difficult to
read nonetheless...