We have all heard about Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar-the man who got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983.
However, only a handful knows the legend of Chandrasekhar and almost of
all them are from the scientific field. And it is in fact a tragedy that
no one at all seems to know the man Chandrasekhar. So, it comes as a
pleasant surprise to find Kameshwar C. Wali’s excellent book “Chandra”, a
biography of the legendary astrophysicist quite a pleasant read. This
book is an enthralling human document. It seems even more remarkable
when we see that Wali has managed to write a book on the life of a
physicist who is known for mathematical terseness without a single
mathematical equation.
mathematical equation.
