The work of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is likely to have been most influenced by the work of which of the following scientists? A. Albert Einstein B. Edwin Hubble C. Marie Sklodowska-Curie D. Lord Kelvin

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Armani Miles

1 December, 10:28

The work of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is likely to have been most influenced by the work of which of the following scientists? A. Albert Einstein B. Edwin Hubble C. Marie Sklodowska-Curie D. Lord Kelvin

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Donavan Flowers 1 December, 11:37

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Edwin Hubble - --apex

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Correct Answer is B (Edwin Hubble)

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The work of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar is likely to have been most influenced by Edwin Hubble because both have worked in the feild of astrophysics.

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an astrophysicist. He belons to India. He is known for his work on the theoretical structure and evolution of stars. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar with William Fowler won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 largely for this early work. He has worked in many other areas within theoretical physics and astrophysics.

Edwin Hubble was an astronomer who belongs to America. He is known for Hubble Law. Hubble discovered that many objects which was thought to be clouds of dust and gas were actually galaxies beyond the Milky Way. He has an important contribution in establishing the fields of observational cosmology and extra galactic astronomy