Cosmic clouds : birth, death, and recycling in the galaxy / James B. Kaler.
Cosmic clouds : birth, death, and recycling in the galaxy / James B. Kaler.
Cosmic clouds : birth, death, and recycling in the galaxy / James B. Kaler.
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New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman and Co., c1997.
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TQ063483
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English
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xii, 253 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman and Co., c1997.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
As it travels deep within the fiery nuclear furnaces of evolving stars, Cosmic Clouds shows how thermonuclear fusion forges the chemical elements heavier than helium. At the end of stellar life, this potent matter is expelled into space - either by the powerful explosions and winds of supernovae or as the gentler gas shells of planetary nebulae - w...
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Cosmic clouds : birth, death, and recycling in the galaxy / James B. Kaler.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243) and index.
Transferred from NQ523.1135/1.
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c1997.
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TQ063483
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74Vvd2AJjaPd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvd2AJjaPd
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ISBN
0716750759
9780716750758
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523.1/135
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991005759859702626
