RADIATIVE TRANSFER. A Volume in The International Series of Monographs on Physics.
S. Chandrasekhar
Chandrasekhar served on the University of Chicago faculty from 1937 until his death in 1995 at the age of 84. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1953. Chandrasekhar was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India . His paternal uncle was the Indian physicist and nobel laureate C. V. R...
It was mentioned by Neil deGrasse Tyson as one of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's books that served as a definitive work in its field and is still relevant in graduate studies today.
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Super hamanyan chandra sekhar. Yeah radiative transfer.
— Episode: Cosmic Queries – X-ray Astrophysics
Episode: Cosmic Queries – X-ray Astrophysics
It was mentioned by Neil deGrasse Tyson as one of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar's books that served as a definitive work in its field and is still relevant in graduate studies today.
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Super hamanyan chandra sekhar. Yeah radiative transfer.
So check if you write a book like this you get a telescope named after you.
I'm several books that really were the definitive word on those subjects and they're still used in graduate school.
This book contains poems about the author's father, a Palestinian refugee, and the themes of displacement and identity. An excerpt was read from the book's opening page.
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refugee not always? Once a confident school boy strolling Jerusalem streets. He knew the alleyways, spoke to stones. All his life he would pick up stones and pocket them. On some he drew faces. What d...
— Episode: Naomi Shihab Nye — “Before You Know Kind...
Episode: Naomi Shihab Nye — “Before You Know Kindness As th...
This book contains poems about the author's father, a Palestinian refugee, and the themes of displacement and identity. An excerpt was read from the book's opening page.
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refugee not always? Once a confident school boy strolling Jerusalem streets. He knew the alleyways, spoke to stones. All his life he would pick up stones and pocket them. On some he drew faces. What do we say in the wake of one who was always homesick? Are you home now? Is Palestine peaceful in some dimension we can't see? Do Jews and Arabs share the table? Is holy in the middle?
We were born to wander, to grieve, lost lineage what we did to one another on a planet so wide open for doing. So wide open. So much we could do always.
Episode: [Unedited] Naomi Shihab Nye with Krista Tippett
It was discussed extensively, with several poems being read and analyzed; the book explores themes of displacement, loss, and hope, often through the lens of the speaker's Palestinian heritage. A poem dedicated to the poet's father was read from this book.
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Refugee not always. Once a confident school boy strolling Jerusalem streets. He knew the alleyways, spoke to stones. All his life he would pick up stones and pocket them. On some he drew faces.
We were born to wander, to grieve, lost lineage what we did to one another on a planet so wide open for doing.
Member of the tribe, unfortunately it's true. Like it or not, educated or not. This is one of the many things Americans don't understand about Iraq. Kill a member of the tribe, the whole tribe now hates you. How could they not? The Americans think they hate you today, thank you tomorrow. Tribes are like tape recorders, they won't forget.
Episode: [Unedited] Naomi Shihab Nye with Krista Tippett
It was discussed extensively, with several poems read from it and its backstory explained. The book contains poems that reflect on the author's family history and experiences of displacement and loss.
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Refugee not always. Once a confident school boy strolling Jerusalem streets.
What do we say in the wake of one who was always homesick?
Are you home now? Is Palestine peaceful in some dimension we can't see?
Do Jews and Arabs share the table? Is holy in the middle?
Member of the tribe, unfortunately it's true. Like it or not, educated or not.
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