(left to right): Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) and Lalitha Doraiswamy Chandrasekhar (1910-1999)
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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
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.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-0425
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Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-0425]
Gelatin silver prints