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Do you know about the Nobel Prize winning scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar?

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his work on stellar evolution, particularly the Chandrasekhar Limit, which explains the mass limit for white dwarf stars.

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  1. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American astrophysicist, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his groundbreaking work on the evolution of stars. His most notable contribution is the Chandrasekhar Limit, which defines the maximum mass a white dwarf star can have before collapsing into a neutron star or black hole. Chandrasekhar’s research significantly advanced our understanding of stellar structures and their life cycles. He also made important contributions to general relativity, hydrodynamics, and quantum theory.

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