An Indian student's groundbreaking theory on the fate of stars is ridiculed by a renowned scientist, only to be vindicated and awarded the Nobel Prize half a century later.
Very nicely written article. It not only tells about the technical details of Chandrashekar limit, but also how near Eddington was to predict blackholes. Why only Eddington, even Chandrashekar sir could have predicted blackholes, following Eddington's arguments. Really like the story telling and the takeaways.
Prof Narlikar, Dear Sir, thanks to one of our alumni members drawing our attention to your blog posts, we had have an opportunity to interact with the main architects of the steady state theory. It is a great pleasure to read your articles after a long lapse of time in the 1980s and they refresh our memories on the foremost debates taking place within the physics community over the theory of Black holes. The post also reveals to us that information that is not revealed from reading books by Prof Stephen Hawking or Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose. Further, it demolishes the idea held by Nobel laureate Max Planck on how science progresses or hypothesis are accepted. as you have rightly said, evidence gathers slowly to reveal the Truth. Looking forward to many more refreshing and memorable posts from you good sel. Have a nice day. Best Regards Sanjeev
Very nicely written article. It not only tells about the technical details of Chandrashekar limit, but also how near Eddington was to predict blackholes. Why only Eddington, even Chandrashekar sir could have predicted blackholes, following Eddington's arguments. Really like the story telling and the takeaways.
Prof Narlikar, Dear Sir, thanks to one of our alumni members drawing our attention to your blog posts, we had have an opportunity to interact with the main architects of the steady state theory. It is a great pleasure to read your articles after a long lapse of time in the 1980s and they refresh our memories on the foremost debates taking place within the physics community over the theory of Black holes. The post also reveals to us that information that is not revealed from reading books by Prof Stephen Hawking or Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose. Further, it demolishes the idea held by Nobel laureate Max Planck on how science progresses or hypothesis are accepted. as you have rightly said, evidence gathers slowly to reveal the Truth. Looking forward to many more refreshing and memorable posts from you good sel. Have a nice day. Best Regards Sanjeev
good self, apologies, for the typo.
Thanks for sharing 👍
It is really a very nicely written article, specially accessible to non physicists. Enjoyed reading it. Thank you.
The same Chandrasekhar was later honored by NASA with a x-ray observatory named after him. Amazing stories of debate and disagreements.