It is well known that S. Chandrasekhar (known simply as Chandra in the scientific world) followed a unique style of research. This is best described in his own words in the autobiographical account published along with his Nobel Lecture in 1983:

After the early preparatory years, my scientific work has followed a certain pattern motivated principally by a quest after perspectives. In practice, this quest has consisted in my choosing (after some trials and tribulations) a certain area, which appears amenable to cultivation and compatible with my taste, ability, and temperament. And when after some years of study, I feel that I have accumulated a sufficient body of knowledge and achieved a view of my own, I have an urge to present my point of view ab initio, in a coherent account with order, form, and structure.