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Informationen zum Autor Bernard Pagel won the Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in 1990, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1992. He served as a member of the MNRAS editorial board from 1970-1984, and was Vice President of the RAS from 1973-1976. Klappentext A lucid introduction for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, and an authoritative overview for researchers and professional scientists. Zusammenfassung Now containing material on abundances from stellar populations! nebular analysis! and meteoric isotopic anomalies! and abundance analysis of X-ray gas! this textbook provides a lucid introduction to this interdisciplinary subject for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It is also an authoritative overview for researchers and professional scientists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Thermonuclear reactions; 3. Cosmic abundances of elements and isotopes; 4. Cosmological nucleosynthesis and abundances of light elements; 5. Outline of stellar structure and evolution; 6. Neutron capture processes; 7. Galactic chemical evolution: basic concepts and issues; 8. Some specific GCE models and related observational data; 9. Origin and evolution of light elements; 10. Radioactive cosmochronology; 11. Chemical evolution in other sorts of galaxies; 12. Cosmic chemical evolution and diffuse background radiation; Appendices; References; Index.
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Bernard Pagel won the Gold Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in 1990, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1992. He served as a member of the MNRAS editorial board from 1970-1984, and was Vice President of the RAS from 1973–1976.
