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The Synthesis of the Elements - The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
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The Synthesis of the Elements - The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe (Hardcover, 2012 ed.)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 387
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This book describes the origins and evolution of the chemical
elements we and the cosmos are made of. The story starts with the
discovery of the common elements on Earth and their subsequent
discovery in space. How do we learn the composition of the distant
stars? How did progress in quantum theory, nuclear physics,
spectroscopy, stellar structure and evolution, together with
observations of stars, converge to provide an incredibly detailed
picture of the universe? How does research in the micro-world
explain the macro-world? How does progress in one affect the other,
or lack of knowledge in one inhibit progress in the other? In
short, Shaviv describes how we discovered the various pieces of the
jigsaw that form our present picture of the universe; and how we
sometimes put these in the wrong place before finding in the right
one. En route we meet some fascinating personalities and learn
about heated controversies. Shaviv shows how science lurched from
one dogma to the next, time and again shattering much of what had
been considered solid knowledge, until eventually a stable
understanding arose. Beginning with generally accepted science, the
book ends in today's terra incognita of nuclear physics,
astrophysics and cosmology. A monumental work that will fascinate
scientists, philosophers, historians and lay readers alike.
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