(left to right): Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) and Lalitha Doraiswamy Chandrasekhar (1910-1999)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0425]

Creator: Davis, Watson 1896-1967

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1939

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0425

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Summary

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995), an Indian-American astronomer known for his work on white dwarfs, was on University of Chicago faculty, 1936-1995; he was awarded Nobel Prize in physics, 1983. Lalitha Doraiswamy (1910-1999) married Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar in 1936; she had been trained in India as a physicist and was an accomplished musician. This photo was taken at dedication of McDonald Observatory.

Subject

  • Chandrasekhar, Lalitha Doraiswamy 1910-1999
  • Chandrasekhar, S (Subrahmanyan) 1910-1995
  • McDonald Observatory
  • University of Chicago

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0425

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1939
  • May 5, 1939

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Topic

  • Nobel Prizes
  • Astrophysics
  • Physics

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0425]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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