Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was a brilliant astrophysicist who made fundamental contributions to our understanding of stellar evolution. He calculated the maximum mass a white dwarf star can have before collapsing into a neutron star or black hole, a limit now known as the Chandrasekhar limit. His work on stellar structure, radiative transfer, and fluid dynamics provided the foundation for modern astrophysics. Chandrasekhar's mathematical rigor and deep insight into the physics of stars helped define the life cycles of celestial objects, making him one of the most important figures in 20th-century cosmology and astrophysics.