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Shaviv, Giora |
The Synthesis of the Elements |
I07432 |
2012 |
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Shaviv, Giora |
The Life of Stars |
I06392 |
2009 |
eBook |
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Giora Shaviv |
Synthesis of the elements: The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can tell Us About the Universe |
024737 |
2012 |
Book |
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Giora Shaviv |
Life of stars: Controversial inception and emergence of the theory of stellar structure |
023583 |
2009 |
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| Title | The Synthesis of the Elements : The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe |
| Author(s) | Shaviv, Giora |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. |
| Description | XXII, 684 p. 255 illus., 117 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | 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 |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642283857 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
8. PHYSICS
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| Title | The Life of Stars : The Controversial Inception and Emergence of the Theory of Stellar Structure |
| Author(s) | Shaviv, Giora |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. |
| Description | XIV, 504 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This beautifully illustrated book describes the birth and evolution of the theory of stellar structure through the vehement controversy between biology (as presented by Darwin) and physics (as presented by Kelvin) about the age of the Earth, which culminated with Rutherford suggesting radioactive dating. Shaviv analyzes critically many proclaimed scientific results, showing how and why they were wrong, and explains why it took decades to find the now accepted scientific answers - where there are such - and why there remains much more to be done before we can say we fully understand what happens up there in the heavens. The Life of the Stars provides fascinating reading for all those interested in the stars, in the history of astronomy and in what their story tells us about how science progresses. Moreover, it will bring readers up-to-date on current problems in astrophysics |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642020889 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Heavy ions
7. HISTORY
8. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
9. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
10. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
11. Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons
12. PHYSICS
13. SPACE SCIENCES
14. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Synthesis of the elements: The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can tell Us About the Universe |
| Author(s) | Giora Shaviv |
| Publication | Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 2012. |
| Description | xxii, 684p. |
| Series | (Astrophysics and Space Science Library) |
| Abstract Note | 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. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642283840 : Euro 169.95(HB) |
| Classification | 524.86-48
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROCHEMISTRY
2. BIG BANG
3. CHEMICAL ELEMENTS - STARS
4. COSMOCHEMISTRY
5. EVOLUTION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
6. FIRST STAR
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