TY - BOOK AU - Chandrasekhar,S. TI - Eddington, the most distinguished astrophysicist of his time SN - 9780511897955 (ebook) AV - QB36.E33 C48 1983 U1 - 523.01/092/4B 19 PY - 1983/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Eddington, Arthur Stanley, KW - Astrophysicists KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - Astrophysics N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) N2 - This book is based on two lectures given in Cambridge by Professor Chandrasckhar to mark the centenary of the birth of Arthur Stanley Eddington. The text describes Eddington's major contributions to astrophysics and to general relativity. The approach is not technical, although it will mainly be of interest to professionals in astronomy, applied mathematics and the history of modern astronomy UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511897955 ER -