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pp. 400, notes, bibliography, index. Illustration section. “In August 1930, on a voyage from Madras to London, a young Indian looked up at the stars and contemplated their fate. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – Chandra, as he was called – calculated that certain stars would suffer a violent death, collapsing to almost nothing. This extraordinary claim, the first mathematical description of black holes, rankled one of the foremost astrophysicists of the day, Sir Arthur Eddington. When Chandra expounded his theory in front of the great and the good of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1935, Eddington subjected him to humiliating public ridicule, thereby setting into motion one of the greatest scientific feuds of the twentieth century – and hindering the progress of astrophysics for nearly forty years.”
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| ISBN | 061834151x | |
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| ISBN13 | 9780618341511 | |
| Number of pages | 400 | |
| Original Title | Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes | |
| Published Date | 2005 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Boston | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | Science | |
| Author: | Arthur I. Miller | |
| Publisher: | Houghton and Mifflin |
pp. 400, notes, bibliography, index. Illustration section. “In August 1930, on a voyage from Madras to London, a young Indian looked up at the stars and contemplated their fate. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – Chandra, as he was called – calculated that certain stars would suffer a violent death, collapsing to almost nothing. This extraordinary claim, the first mathematical description of black holes, rankled one of the foremost astrophysicists of the day, Sir Arthur Eddington. When Chandra expounded his theory in front of the great and the good of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1935, Eddington subjected him to humiliating public ridicule, thereby setting into motion one of the greatest scientific feuds of the twentieth century – and hindering the progress of astrophysics for nearly forty years.”
| Weight | 1.2 kg |
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