Conflict in the cosmos : Fred Hoyle's life in science / Simon Mitton.
Conflict in the cosmos : Fred Hoyle's life in science / Simon Mitton.
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Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N520.92/11
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English
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p. cm.
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Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press, 2005.
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District of Columbia
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2005.
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"Hoyle gained prominence for demonstrating that carbon and all the heavier elements had been created by thermonuclear reactions inside stars whose explosive deaths then scattered them throughout space. It is thanks to Fred Hoyle that we know that we are, literally, made of stardust. In the late 1940s, after wartime work on naval radar, he developed...
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Conflict in the cosmos : Fred Hoyle's life in science / Simon Mitton.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N520.92/11
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74VKdZJJpwJX
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0309093139
9780309093132
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520.92
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991019819789702626
