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What do black holes, a teenage genius, and a long ocean voyage have in common? In this Flashcard Friday episode of Math, Science, History, Gabrielle tells the incredible story of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who, at just 19 years old, sailed from India to England and made a discovery that would transform astrophysics forever.
Armed only with a notebook and fresh ideas from quantum mechanics, Chandrasekhar calculated the limit of stellar collapse, now called the Chandrasekhar Limit, which revealed when a star collapses into a black hole. This isn't just a story about equations; it's a story about persistence, quiet genius, and the power of taking a break.
3 Things You'll Learn in This Episode:
1. What the Chandrasekhar Limit is and why it's essential for understanding black holes
2. How quantum mechanics, relativity, and statistical math came together to predict the death of stars
3. Why slowing down and giving your mind time to wander can lead to world-changing discoveries
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Biography of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – NobelPrize.org
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Episode Overview:
What do black holes, a teenage genius, and a long ocean voyage have in common? In this Flashcard Friday episode of Math, Science, History, Gabrielle tells the incredible story of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who, at just 19 years old, sailed from India to England and made a discovery that would transform astrophysics forever.
Armed only with a notebook and fresh ideas from quantum mechanics, Chandrasekhar calculated the limit of stellar collapse, now called the Chandrasekhar Limit, which revealed when a star collapses into a black hole. This isn't just a story about equations; it's a story about persistence, quiet genius, and the power of taking a break.
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Biography of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – NobelPrize.org
A. S. Eddington and Chandrasekhar Controversy – arXiv
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