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what did S Chandrasekhar invent

Answer 1

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (or “Chandra”) was an Indian-American astrophysicist, best known for his work on the theoretical structure and evolution of stars, and particularly on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars and the calculation of the Chandrasekhar limit.

Answer 2

(1910 - 1995)
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (or “Chandra”) was an Indian-American astrophysicist, best known for his work on the theoretical structure and evolution of stars, and particularly on the later evolutionary stages of massive stars and the calculation of the Chandrasekhar limit. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics (shared with William Fowler) in 1983 largely for this early work, although his research also covered many other areas within theoretical physics and astrophysics