{"product_id":"chandra-kameshwar-c-wali-9780226870557","title":"Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar","description":"\u003ci\u003eChandra\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate portrait of a highly private and brilliant man, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a Nobel laureate in physics who has been a major contributor to the theories of white dwarfs and black holes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wali has given us a magnificent portrait of Chandra, full of life and color, with a deep understanding of the three cultures--Indian, British, and American--in which Chandra was successively immersed. . . . I wish I had the job of reviewing this book for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e rather than for \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e. If the book is only read by physicists, then Wali's devoted labors were in vain.\"--Freeman Dyson, \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An enthralling human document.\"--William McCrea, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A dramatic, exuberant biography of one of the century's great scientists.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kameshwar C. Wali\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226870553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226870557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.09w x 0.91d","brand":"Kameshwar C. Wali","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946349822207,"sku":"9780226870557","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_af82e861-28d1-4349-aed3-250983812895.jpg?v=1681512644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chandra-kameshwar-c-wali-9780226870557","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}