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A Quest For Perspectives: Selected Works of S Chandrasekhar- With Commentary (2 Volumes)
Author:S. Chandrasekhar (Author), Kameshwar C. Wali (Author)
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Publication date: undefined-undefined-2001
Language: English
Print length: 1428 pages
ISBN-10: 1860942016
ISBN-13: 9781860942013
Book Description
This two-volume set presents a selection of physicist S. Chandrasekha's original papers in their published form (representing examples from each period of his research) together with discussion. Volume I covers the theory of white dwarfs and stellar interiors; radiative transfer, the polarization of the sunlit sky, and the negative ion of hydrogen; stochastic and statistical problems in astronomy; turbulence and hydromagnetic problems in astrophysics; and hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability. Volume II discusses ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium; relativistic instabilities and post-Newtonian approximations; the mathematical theory of black holes, and colliding waves; the nonradial oscillations of stars in general relativity; and miscellaneous writings. Wali (Syracuse U.) chose articles that are to a great extent self-contained and lay the ground work for subsequent detailed research, as well as many that are based on talks at various conferences. There is no index. Distributed by World Scientific. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Review
"...picked as much to give a sense of the man as of the science" -- Physics Today, May 2002
"In forthcoming decades, these superb volumes of collected works ought to play an invaluable role." -- Anne Magnon, CUST-Blaise Pascal University, 2002
"The latter topic contains some fascinating essays and accounts of interdisciplinary lectures." -- Mathematical Reviews, 2003
"Wali has done a commendable job, for which we should be thankful." -- Professor Jayant V Narlikar, The Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Jan 200.
