Sir Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Subrahmanyan_Chandrasekhar

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person gptkb:physicist astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Bruce_Medal gptkb:Copley_Medal gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Henry_Draper_Medal gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics gptkb:Padma_Vibhushan gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1910-10-19
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Lahore,_British_India
gptkbp:citizenship	gptkb:India gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:deathDate	1995-08-21
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:diedIn	heart attack
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Ralph_H._Fowler
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:Jayant_Narlikar gptkb:S._Chandrasekhar
gptkbp:editor	gptkb:Astrophysical_Journal
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Chicago gptkb:Yerkes_Observatory
gptkbp:field	astrophysics physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Sir Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Chandrasekhar_limit gptkb:white_dwarfs gptkb:Chandrasekhar–Friedman–Schutz_instability gptkb:Chandrasekhar_equation gptkb:Chandrasekhar_number stellar evolution
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:Truth_and_Beauty:_Aesthetics_and_Motivations_in_Science gptkb:Hydrodynamic_and_Hydromagnetic_Stability gptkb:An_Introduction_to_the_Study_of_Stellar_Structure gptkb:Principles_of_Stellar_Dynamics gptkb:The_Mathematical_Theory_of_Black_Holes
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Lalitha_Chandrasekhar
gptkbp:uncle	gptkb:C._V._Raman
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