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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983

"for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars"
"for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe"
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar William Alfred Fowler
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar William Alfred Fowler
half 1/2 of the prize half 1/2 of the prize
USA USA
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA		 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, CA, USA
b. 1910
(in Lahore, India)
d. 1995		 b. 1911
d. 1995
 
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