Radiative Transfer. (INSCRIBED BY CHANDRASEKHAR TO HIS WIFE.)

CHANDRASEKHAR, S. [Subrahmanyan] (1910-1995):

Published by Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950., 1950

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FIRST EDITION. xiv, 393 pp. Original cloth. Near Fine. The International Series of Monographs on Physics. Inscribed: 'For Lalitha/From Chandra/1950 March 2/L'. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983 was divided equally between Subramanyan Chandrasekhar 'for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars' and William Alfred Fowler 'for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe.' 'Lalitha Chandrasekhar was born in Egmore, India, a suburb of Madras, on Oct. 15, 1910. She and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar were fellow students in the physics department at the University of Madras between 1927 and 1929. She received her B.A. honors degree in physics (the U.S. equivalent of a master's degree) in 1930 and her Licentiate in Teaching degree in 1931 from the Lady Willingdon Training College in Madras. For a year, she taught physics, chemistry and mathematics at the National High School in Madras. She married Subrahamyan Chandrasekhar on Sept. 11, 1936. Mrs. Chandrasekhar attended most of the lectures her husband delivered in various parts of the world during his long career. She shared a keen lifelong interest in music with her husband and would often sing to him. Mrs. Chandrasekhar also plays the vina, an Indian stringed instrument, and the flute' ('Opening Reception Celebrating the 100th birthday of Lalitha Chandrasekhar', Chicago Physics Department Web Site).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Radiative Transfer. (INSCRIBED BY CHANDRASEKHAR TO HIS WIFE.)
• Publisher: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1950.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)