Stellar alchemy: the celestial origin of atoms
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1. Verfasser: Cassé, Michel 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index
Nuclear astrophysics: defence and illustration -- Light from atoms, light from the sky -- Visions -- Contents of the sky: atomic sources and fountains -- Nuclear suns -- Sociology of stars and clouds -- Histories -- Ancient stars in the galactic halo -- Conclusion
When Cortez asked the Aztecs where they obtained the iron in their daggers, they pointed to the sky. Stars manufacture iron, and every other element making up familiar objects around us. In this fascinating book Michel Cassé explains how even humanity itself is connected to the debris of exploded stars
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 242 pages)
ISBN:0511076983
0511078552
0511541341
9780511076985
9780511078552
9780511541346

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