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S. Chandrasekhar Equals with Newton, Laplace, Gauss and Einstein - C. V. Raman's Opinion and the Physics Nobel Prize Nomination


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This short note shows what C. V. Raman thought of S. Chandrasekhar's (Raman's nephew) status and scientific achievements when Raman nominated him for the Physics Nobel Prize.
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  • Singh, R., India’s Nobel Prize Nominators and Nominees – The Praxis of Nomination and Geographical Distribution, Shaker Verlag, Aachen, 2016, p. 21.

  • Friedman, R. M., Nature, 1981, 292, 793–798.

  • Blackett, P. M. S. to Mitra, S. K., letter dated 14 December 1954 (courtesy Jawaharlal Nehru Library and Museum Archive, Delhi).

  • Raman, C. V. to the Nobel Committee, letter dated 18 January 1957 (courtesy Archive – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm).

  • Dutta, A. to the Nobel Committee, 25 January 1962 (courtesy Archive – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm).


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  • S. Chandrasekhar Equals with Newton, Laplace, Gauss and Einstein - C. V. Raman's Opinion and the Physics Nobel Prize Nomination

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Rajinder Singh
Research Group – Physics Education and History of Science, Physics Institute, University of Oldenburg, Germany

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This short note shows what C. V. Raman thought of S. Chandrasekhar's (Raman's nephew) status and scientific achievements when Raman nominated him for the Physics Nobel Prize.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv111%2Fi8%2F1415-1415