Item 29150FIRST CALCULATION OF THE CHANDRASEKHAR LIMIT: “The Limiting Density of White Dwarf Stars” and “The Equilibrium of Dense Stars” (The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science Vol VII, pp. 63–70, 1929 and Vol. IX, pp. 944–963, 1930) -- 2 Volumes
London: Taylor and Francis, 1929/1930. First Edition. ix, 1216 pp. viii, 1208. 8vo. Uniform dark blue library bindings with gold embossed titling to spine. Clean and crisp within. In 1929 and 1930, well before Chandrasekhar, Edmund Stoner (1899-1968) calculated the the relationship between the mass, radius, and density of white.....