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First black hole image validates Einstein's Theory of
General Relativity
The team's observations strongly validated the theory of
general relativity proposed in 1915 by Einstein, the famed
theoretical physicist, to explain the laws of gravity and
their relation to other natural forces.
dnaindia.com
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Continues at:
https://www.dnaindia.com/science/photo-gallery-first-black-hole-image-validates-einstein-s-theory-of-general-relativity-2738282
When Eddington snubbed Chandrasekhar
A new book by a famed science historian traces one of
modern science's most written about and tragic standoffs
between Nobel prize winning Indian physicist Subrahmanyan
Chandrasekhar and legendary English astrophysicist Sir
Arthur Eddington.
"Empire Of The Stars"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/061834151X/qid=1122767273/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-5140784-4401660
by Arthur I Miller is being hailed as a brilliant book
about how a young Chandra, as the Indian scientist came to
be known, was laid low by an abrasively arrogant Eddington
over the former's postulation about the existence of black
holes.
Eddington, considered one of a handful of physicists in the
1930s who really comprehended Albert Einstein's Theory of
Relativity, ridiculed Chandra's postulation as "stellar
buffoonery". An excerpt from the book on its US publisher
Houghton Mifflin says Chandra's "flash of inspiration came
when he was an unknown 19-year-old in the hot summer of
1930. In 10 minutes, sitting in a deck chair overlooking
the Arabian Sea, Chandra (as he was universally known)
carried out some calculations that augured a disturbing
fate for the small, dense stars known as white dwarfs.
An excerpt from the book on its US publisher Houghton
Mifflin says Chandra's "flash of inspiration came when he
was an unknown 19-year-old in the hot summer of 1930. In 10
minutes, sitting in a deck chair overlooking the Arabian
Sea, Chandra (as he was universally known) carried out some
calculations that augured a disturbing fate for the small,
dense stars known as white dwarfs.
"At the time scientists assumed that white dwarfs were dead
stars in their final resting state. Those that had been
found had more or less the mass of the Sun but were no
bigger than Earth. Chandra's calculations showed that there
was an upper limit to the mass of these white dwarfs.
"Any star more massive than that when it burned out would
not end its life as an inert rock but would begin an
endless process of collapse, crunched by its own gravity
into a singularity -- a minuscule point of infinite density
and zero volume, many trillions of times smaller than the
period at the end of this sentence and many trillions of
times denser than Earth."
The author says only one person understood the full
implications of Chandra's discovery: Eddington, "the
greatest astrophysicist in the world at that time."
"Eddington himself had flirted with the idea that a dead
star might collapse indefinitely in this manner, so he
should have been delighted with Chandra's mathematical
verification. Instead, without any warning, he used a
meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society to savage
Chandra's result cynically and unmercifully. The encounter
cast a shadow over the lives of both men and hindered
progress in astrophysics for nearly half a century," the
book says.
"The more I discovered about Chandra's story, the more
intriguing it became. For all his brilliance, his life was
tinged with tragedy. After Eddington refused to take his
idea seriously and subjected him to public ridicule,
Chandra never really regained his confidence. Despite a
long and incredibly productive scientific career, no amount
of recognition could ever satisfy him. I wondered what
other great discoveries he might have made, had his early
life not been blighted by disappointment," the book says.
Chandra never missed an opportunity to recount the events
of that fateful day at the Royal Astronomical Society,
emphasizing that he had been right and Eddington wrong,
even though Eddington refused ever to admit it, the books
says. After being dormant for over three decades, Chandra's
discovery was eventually vindicated when he won the Nobel
Prize for it in 1983. "But he did not feel vindicated, for
his achievement had been virtually ignored for almost 40
years," the author says. Chandra immigrated from India in
1937 and taught at the University of Chicago till his death
in 1995 when he was 85 years old.
Source: When Eddington snubbed Chandrasekhar --
hindustantimes.com
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1347788,00040010.htm
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Glimpses_XIV.htm
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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