CHANDRA DAY
DWARF STARS & FAMILY STORIES
September 23
JOIN the Indo-American Heritage Museum
Saturday, September 23, 2017 from 12:30 - 3:00 pm for Chandra Day honoring  Indian American Chicagoan, S. Chandrasekhar, who received the I983 Nobel Prize for Physics.
 
See the Nobel Medal during a 12:30 pm tour of  Beyond Bollywood:  Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation exhibition in the Marae Gallery at the Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago.
 
Learn about  "Astrophysics with Stardust at The Field Museum" from  Dr. Phillip Heck, Curator of Meteorites,  who will share knowledge of Chandra's research which shaped scientific knowledge about white dwarf stars and black holes and led to the naming of the Chandra Space MissIon in his honor.
 
Meet Revathy Kumar, daughter of  Chandra's brother Balakrishnan,  who will welcome questions  about her famous Periappa (uncle).
 
Hear Chandra's own comments and reflections of his devoted wife Lalitha, shared by friends of IAHM.     

Lalitha and Chandresekhar at dedication of McDonald Observatory, Mount Locke, Texas, 1938

Four Brothers:  Ramnath, Balakrishnan, Chandrasekhar, Visvanathan, Madras, 1961
Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation was created by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.  The exhibition is co-presented in Chicago by The Field Museum and the Indo-American Heritage Museum. It is generously supported by The Chicago Community Trust.
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