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I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it.

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the on...

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Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one...

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Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature ple...

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Born: 1910-10-19

Died: 1995-08-21

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to the scientific knowledge about the structure of stars, stellar evolution and black holes. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in physics along with William A. Fowler for "...theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars". His mathematical treatment of stellar evolution yielded many of the current theoretical models of the later evolutionary stages of massive stars and black holes. Many concepts, institutions and inventions, including the Chandrasekhar limit and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, are named after him.More