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The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time.

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All the standard equations of mathematical physics can be separated and solved in Kerr geometry.

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It is, indeed an incredible fact that what the human mind, at its deepest and most profound, perceives as beautiful finds its realization in external nature.… What is intelligible is also beautiful.

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All of us are sensitive to nature's beauty. It is not unreasonable that some aspects of this beauty are shared by the natural sciences.

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I am convinced that one's knowledge of the Physical Sciences is incomplete without a study of the Principia in the same way that one's knowledge of Literature is incomplete without a study of Shakespeare.

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When a supremely great creative mind is kindled, it leaves a blazing trail that remains a beacon for centuries.

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The simple is the seal of the true and beauty is the splendor of truth.

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Born: October 19, 1910

Died: August 21, 1995 (aged 84)

Bio: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian American astrophysicist born in Lahore, Punjab. Chandrasekhar was awarded, along with William A.

Known for:

Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stability (1961)
The Mathematical Theory of Black Holes (1983)
Newton's Principia for the Common Reader (1995)
Principles of Stellar Dynamics (1942)

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