Biography of Famous Astronomers Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – Astrophysicist and Nobel Laureate: Early Life and Education:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, known as Chandra, was born on October 19, 1910, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), into a Tamil family. His father, C. Subrahmanyan Iyer, was a civil servant, and his mother, Sitalakshmi, was a homemaker. Chandra’s early education was influenced by his uncle, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, a Nobel […]