{"product_id":"selected-papers-volume-7-the-non-radial-oscillations-of-stars-in-general-relativity-and-other-writings-9780226101033","title":"Selected Papers, Volume 7: The Non-Radial Oscillations of Stars in General Relativity and Other Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): S. Chandrasekhar\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Physics - Astrophysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these selections readers are treated to a rare opportunity to see the \u003cbr\u003eworld through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most brilliant \u003cbr\u003eand sensitive scientists. Conceived by Chandrasekhar as a supplement to \u003cbr\u003ehis \u003ci\u003eSelected Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume begins with eight papers he \u003cbr\u003ewrote with Valeria Ferrari on the non-radial oscillations of stars. It \u003cbr\u003ethen explores some of the themes addressed in \u003ci\u003eTruth and Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003ewith meditations on the aesthetics of science and the world it examines. \u003cbr\u003eHighlights include: \"The Series Paintings of Claude Monet and the \u003cbr\u003eLandscape of General Relativity,\" \"The Perception of Beauty and the \u003cbr\u003ePursuit of Science,\" \"On Reading Newton's \u003ci\u003ePrincipia\u003c\/i\u003e at Age Past \u003cbr\u003eEighty,\" and personal recollections of Indira Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, \u003cbr\u003eand others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Papers, Volume 7\u003c\/i\u003e paints a picture of Chandra's universe, \u003cbr\u003efilled with stars and galaxies, but with space for poetics, paintings, \u003cbr\u003eand politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe late S. Chandrasekhar was best known for his discovery of the upper \u003cbr\u003elimit to the mass of a white dwarf star, for which he received the Nobel \u003cbr\u003ePrize in Physics in 1983. He was the author of many books, including \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mathematical Theory of Black Holes\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewton's Principia for the Common Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47781113725079,"sku":"9780226101033","price":18079.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226101033.webp?v=1778050687","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/selected-papers-volume-7-the-non-radial-oscillations-of-stars-in-general-relativity-and-other-writings-9780226101033","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}