# The Square Root of a Sonnet

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- Published: 2025-04-03T18:03:44+00:00
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**Author:** Nilanjan P. Choudhury[⌊A sample cover of the book: sky-blue handloom sari with gold embossed nameplate and lettering for the title and author's name. The border of the sari lines the right hand margin of the cover.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Square-Root-of-a-Sonnet.jpg)
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Pages:** 76 **Year of Publication:** 2017, Special Reprint 2024 **Price:** ₹300 /
£10 **ISBN: **978-93-5045-158-8 (9789350451588)

_**About the Author**_
 Nilanjan P. Choudhury is a Bangalore-based theatre person,
writer and IT professional. As an actor and director, he has worked in over 200 
stage performances, with many of Bangalore’s leading theatre companies, like Centre
for Film and Drama, Bangalore School of Speech and Drama, and Artistes Repertory
Theatre. His previously published works include a mythological thriller, _Bali and
the Ocean of Milk_, and a crime caper, _The Case of the Secretive Sister_. He confesses
to having studied at IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Kanpur and hopes that this will not be
held against him. He can be reached at https://www.nilanjan.net.

_**About the Book**_
 This play is based on the lives of two major 20th century 
astrophysicists: the Indian-American astrophysicist, S. Chandrasekhar (1910–1995)
and his mentor, the English astronomer, Sir Arthur Eddington (1882–1944). In 1935,
at the annual meet of the Royal Astronomical Society, Sir Arthur Eddington publically
disregarded Chandrasekhar and his research, calling it baseless. The latter was 
devastated. Why did Sir Arthur Eddington, known for his selfless devotion to science,
do this? Was it a teacher’s grudge towards a student who was overshadowing him? 
Or was it an unconscious deep rooted racial bias? This play explores what led to
the clash between two scientific heavyweights, over the course of historical events
in the 20th century that further informed their relationship.

_**Contents**_
 A play in two acts

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