Displaying 1 of 1 2001 Format: Book Author: Chown, Marcus. Title: The magic furnace : the search for the origins of atoms / Marcus Chown. Publisher, Date: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. Description: 232 pages ; 25 cm Summary: Chronicles the years of study that led to the discovery of atoms and their relationship to the stars. Subjects: Atomic theory -- History -- Popular works. Cosmology -- History -- Popular works. Matter -- Constitution -- Popular works. Transmutation (Chemistry) -- Popular works. Stars -- Evolution -- Popular works. Notes: Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1999. Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index. Contents: Prologue: The Cosmic Connection -- pt. 1. Atoms -- 1. The Alphabet of Nature -- 2. Atoms Are Not the Smallest Things -- pt. 2. Atoms and Starlight -- 3. The Disintegrating Sun -- 4. Deductions from a Glimmer of Starlight -- 5. The Anomalously High Mass of Hydrogen -- 6. The Infernal Constitution of the Stars -- 7. Tunnelling in the Sun -- 8. A Recipe for Sunlight -- pt. 3. The Magic Furnace -- 9. The Forge of God -- 10. The Inferno at the Dawn of Time -- 11. The Key to the Stars -- 12. The Ultimate Nuclear Weapon -- 13. Beyond the Beryllium Barrier -- 14. The Crucibles of Stars -- 15. A Tale of Two Sites -- 16. The Engines of Creation -- Epilogue: The Atoms of Curiosity. Web Site: Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2001268176 ISBN: 9780195143058 0195143051 Other Number: 45855547 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 93578 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 539.7 Chown Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
