The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983
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Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
Prize share: 1/2
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William Alfred Fowler
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983 was divided equally between Subramanyan Chandrasekhar "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars" and William Alfred Fowler "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe."
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