Chandrasekhar’s role in 20th-century science

2010/12/01 by Freeman Dyson · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #History and Developments in Astronomy #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.3529001

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Abstract

Once the astrophysics community had come to grips with a calculation performed by a 19-year-old student sailing off to graduate school, the heavens could never again be seen as a perfect and tranquil dominion.

Citations

• On Continued Gravitational Contraction

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