"Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes" lecture by the celebrated author Prof. Arthur I. Miller at University Conference Hall(near Botany Department), North Campus > 3:30pm on 19th January 2011
Time : 3:30 pm
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Place : University Conference Hall (near Botany Department), North Campus, University of Delhi
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Event Details : Nobel laureate S. Chandrasekhar Centenary Lecture Series.
Center for Advancement of Public Understanding of Science & Technology (CAPUST) & Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi invite you to a lecture by the celebrated author Prof. Arthur I. Miller, Emeritus Professor of History & Philosophy of Science, University College, London on 'Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes'.
In 1930 a nineteen-year-old Indian graduate student, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, came up with the first mathematical proof of black holes. But five years later, when he presented his findings at the Royal Astronomical Society in London, he found himself pitted against the greatest astrophysicist of the day, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, who scathingly dismissed both Chandra and his theory. It was a battle of personalities, generations, ideas and also of cultures which was to have a devastating impact on the development of astrophysics for years to come. Who were the two men, what wee the ideas that caused such uproar, and how was the conflict finally resolved? I will discuss all this and also consider what this story has to tell us about what science is, how it works, and where it can go wrong.
Chandrasekhar received the Nobel prize for physics in 1983.
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Entry : Free
Place : University Conference Hall (near Botany Department), North Campus, University of Delhi
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Stations - 'Vishwa Vidyalaya'
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Center for Advancement of Public Understanding of Science & Technology (CAPUST) & Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi invite you to a lecture by the celebrated author Prof. Arthur I. Miller, Emeritus Professor of History & Philosophy of Science, University College, London on 'Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes'.
In 1930 a nineteen-year-old Indian graduate student, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, came up with the first mathematical proof of black holes. But five years later, when he presented his findings at the Royal Astronomical Society in London, he found himself pitted against the greatest astrophysicist of the day, Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, who scathingly dismissed both Chandra and his theory. It was a battle of personalities, generations, ideas and also of cultures which was to have a devastating impact on the development of astrophysics for years to come. Who were the two men, what wee the ideas that caused such uproar, and how was the conflict finally resolved? I will discuss all this and also consider what this story has to tell us about what science is, how it works, and where it can go wrong.
Chandrasekhar received the Nobel prize for physics in 1983.
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"Empire of the Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest for Black Holes" lecture by the celebrated author Prof. Arthur I. Miller at University Conference Hall(near Botany Department), North Campus > 3:30pm on 19th January 2011
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