Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

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Ph.D. University of Cambridge 1933 UnitedKingdom
Dissertation: Polytropic distributions
Mathematics Subject Classification: 85—Astronomy and astrophysics

Advisor 1: Ralph Howard Fowler
Advisor 2: Arthur Stanley Eddington

Students:
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NameSchoolYearDescendants
Aizenman, MorrisThe University of Chicago1968
Code, ArthurThe University of Chicago195023
Detweiler, StevenThe University of Chicago19756
Friedman, JohnThe University of Chicago197315
Helfer, H. LawrenceThe University of Chicago19531
Jensen, EberhartThe University of Chicago1953
Kulsrud, RussellThe University of Chicago195456
Lebovitz, NormanThe University of Chicago196122
Miller, JohnUniversity of Oxford197410
Muench-Paniagua, GuidoThe University of Chicago194649
Nutku, YavuzThe University of Chicago19692
Osterbrock, DonaldThe University of Chicago19528
Ostriker, JeremiahThe University of Chicago1964118
Sobuti, YousefThe University of Chicago1963
Trehan, Surindar KumarThe University of Chicago195813
Tuberg, MerleThe University of Chicago1946
Underhill, AnneThe University of Chicago194853

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