S CHANDRASEKHAR: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND

S CHANDRASEKHAR: THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER Kameshwar C. Wali	i
Introduction Kameshwar C. Wali	1
"My Everlasting Flame" Lalitha Chandrasekhar	9
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: My Anna 1910–1995 Parasu Balakrishnan	17
S. Chandrasekhar: A Personal Portrait Abhay Ashtekar	30
Chandra: The Great Guru Bimla Buti	34
On Working with Chandra Donna D. Elbert	41
Exploring General Relativity with Chandra Valeria Ferrari	46
A Remembrance John L. Friedman	50
Motivations of a Hero of Science Norman R. Lebovitz	55
Chandrasekhar and the End of Time Roger Penrose	61
Some Memories of Chandra Rafael Sorkin	70
Chandra at Caltech Saul A. Teukolsky	76
Some Memories of Chandra Robert M. Wald	80
Memories of an Uncle Radha Hegde	86
Chandra in Focus Sanjay Kumar	90
Recollections Anne Magnon	95
What Knowing Chandra Means to Me Takeshi Oka	99
Chandrasekhar — Some Reminiscences S. Ramaseshan	101
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Remembered Vatsala Vedantam	113
Thursday Afternoons George Anastaplo	122
Chandra and Ramanujan Richard Askey	130
Reminiscences of Chandra James W. Cronin	139
Some Personal Recollections of S. Chandrasekhar at Chicago and Oxford R. H. Dalitz	142
Chandra the Romantic Peter G. O. Freund	156
S. Chandrasekhar, the Friend: Some Reminiscences Agnes M. Herzberg	160
A Towering Figure: Reminiscences and Reflections L. Mestel	167
Encounters with Chandra Jayant V. Narlikar	172
Reflections on Chandra E. N. Parker	178
Reminiscing About Chandra's Research Martin Rees	183
Reminiscences About Chandra Robert G. Sachs	187
Chandra and Isaac Newton Stephen M. Stigler	195
Chandrasekhar's Research on Newton's Principia N. M. Swerdlow	201
Recollections About Chandra V. L. Telegdi	206
Chandra's Visits to Poland Róża Michalska-Trautman and Andrzej Trautman	210
Meeting Chandra H. C. van de Hulst	213
BACK MATTER Kameshwar C. Wali	218
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