The Magic Furnace by Marcus Chown

The Magic Furnace by Marcus Chown

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This work tells how astronomers and nuclear physicists deduced the origins of elements in our bodies. It combines the story of atoms with the story of stars.

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The Magic Furnace by Marcus Chown

THE MAGIC FURNACE tells of how astronomers and nuclear physicists deduced where the elements in our bodies come from is one of the greatest detective stories in the history of science. In fact, it is two stories intertwined: the story of atoms and the story of stars. Neither story can be told without the other. For the stars contain the key to unlocking the secret of atoms and the atoms the solution to the puzzle of the stars.
Marcus Chown is New Scientist's cosmology consultant. He is the author of Afterglow of Creation, which was runner-up for the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, and was the winner of the 1994 Glaxo Wellcome ABSW Science Writers' Award.
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ISBN 13 9780224042062
ISBN 10 0224042068
Title The Magic Furnace
Author Marcus Chown
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 1999-08-12
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.