Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Nobel Prize laureate in Physics 1983
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, born on October 19, 1910, in Lahore, India, was a renowned astrophysicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of stars. Chandrasekhar significantly contributed to the understanding of stars, particularly through the concept of the Chandrasekhar limit. He passed away on August 21, 1995.
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- Who is Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar?
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, born on October 19, 1910, in Lahore, India, was a renowned astrophysicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of stars. Chandrasekhar significantly contributed to the understanding of stars, particularly through the concept of the Chandrasekhar limit. He passed away on August 21, 1995.
- In what year did Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar win the Nobel Prize?
- 1983 — Physics