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Accessible unravelling of the mystery of atoms and the dawn of life. "A clear introduction to a fascinating area of physics and astronomy" "New Scientist".
Synopsis
One of the greatest detective stories in the history of science reveals how astronomers and nuclear physicists deduced where the elements in our bodies come from. It is both the story of atoms and the story of stars.