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100	1		_aShaviv, Giora. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Synthesis of the Elements _h[electronic resource] : _bThe Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe / _cby Giora Shaviv.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2012.
300			_aXXII, 684p. 255 illus., 117 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aAstrophysics and Space Science Library, _x0067-0057 ; _v387
505	0		_aOrder in the Chemical Elements -- Preparing the Ground for Delving into the Stars -- Probing the Stars from afar -- Is Physics the Same Everywhere? -- Towards the Bottom of the Nuclear Binding Energy -- The Composition-Age-Velocity Connection -- Big and Little Bangs -- How Nature Overcomes its Own Barriers -- Beyond Carbon -- Which Star Becomes which Supernova? -- Between two Extreme Nuclear Models -- Synthesis of the Heavier-than-Iron Elements -- A Process in Search of an Environment: The r-Process -- The Elusive First Stars -- Index.
520			_aThis 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.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aNuclear chemistry.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650	1	4	_aPhysics.
650	2	4	_aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
650	2	4	_aNuclear Chemistry.
650	2	4	_aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642283840
830		0	_aAstrophysics and Space Science Library, _x0067-0057 ; _v387
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28385-7
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