Stardust

Type

Book

Authors

John Gribbin

ISBN 10

0140283781

ISBN 13

9780140283785

Tags

english, anglais, space, nonfiction, Physics, Astronomy, solar system

Abstract

Life begins with the process of star formation. We are made of stardust. Every atom of every element in your body, except for hydrogen, has been manufactured inside stars, scattered across the Universe in great stellar explosions, and recyled to become part of you...

Contents

Introduction
Our Place in the Universe
Life and the Universe
Life as We Know It
The Stars are Suns
Inside the stars
Cycles and Chains in Stars
Big Bang Cookery
Burbidge, Burbidge, Fowler and Hoyle
The Superstar Connection
Swing the Seed
Across the Universes
Further Reading
Index

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