Editing Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (section)

=== Dispute with Eddington ===
{{Main|Chandrasekhar–Eddington dispute}}
After graduating from Cambridge, Chandrasekhar, who was in close contact with Arthur Eddington, presented a full solution to his stellar equation at the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] meeting in 1935. Eddington booked a talk right after Chandrasekhar, where he openly criticized Chandrasekhar's theory. This depressed Chandrasekhar and sparked a scientific dispute. Eddington refused to accept a limit for the mass of a star and proposed an alternative model.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Wali |first=Kameshwar C. |date=1982-10-01 |title=Chandrasekhar vs. Eddington—an unanticipated confrontation |journal=Physics Today |language=en |volume=35 |issue=10 |pages=33–40 |doi=10.1063/1.2914790 |bibcode=1982PhT....35j..33W |issn=0031-9228|doi-access=free }}</ref>  

Chandrasekhar sought support from prominent physicists like [[Léon Rosenfeld]], [[Niels Bohr]] and [[Christian Møller]] who found Eddington's arguments lacking. The tension persisted through 1930s, as Eddington continued to openly criticize Chandrasekhar during meetings and the two compared each other's theories in publications. Chandrasekhar ultimately completed his theory of white dwarfs in 1939, receiving praise from others in the field. Eddington died in 1944, and despite their disagreements, Chandrasekhar continued to state that he admired Eddington and considered him a friend.<ref name=":0" />