From White Dwarfs To Black Holes. The Legacy Of S.Chandrasekhar

From White Dwarfs to Black Holes chronicles the extraordinary career of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished astrophysicists. Over the course of more than six decades, Chandrasekhar investigated an astonishing, array of subjects, including stellar structure and dynamics, the theory of radiative transfer, hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability, the equilibrium and stability of ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium, the general theory of relativity and relativistic astrophysics, the mathematical theory of black holes, and the theory of colliding gravitational waves and non-radial perturbations of relativistic stars. In this collection, a number of his colleagues evaluate Chandrasekhar's contributions to their own fields of specialization. The volume closes with a historical discussion of Chandrasekhar's interactions with students during his more, than quarter century at Yerkes Observatory.