Author: McWilliam, Andrew; & Rauch, Michael; editors:
Title: Origin and Evolution of the Elements
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2004). orig.boards. 25x17cm,, xvi,496 pp, Series: Carnegie Symposium on Origin and Evolution of the Elements/ Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series.. Textual graphs,photos,charts. Some rubbing. Binding corner bumps. VG. ¶ Contains 31 papers. Includes: Mount Wilson Observatory Contributions to the Study of Cosmic Abundances of the Chemical Elements; Synthesis of the Elements in Stars: B2-FH & Beyond; Stellar Nucleosynthesis: A Status Report 2003; Advances in R-Process Nucleosynthesis; Element Yields of Intermediate-Mass Stars; The Impact of Rotation on Chemical Abundances in Red Giant Branch Stars; S-Processing in AGB Stars & the Composition of Carbon Stars; Models of Chemical Evolution; Model Atmospheres & Stellar Abundance Analysis; The Light Elements. Lithium, Beryllium & Boron; Extremely Metal-Poor Stars; Thin & Thick Galactic Disks; Globular Clusters & Halo Field Stars; Chemical Evolution in W-Centauri; Chemical Composition of the Magellanic Clouds, From Young to Old Stars; Detailed Composition of Stars in Dwarf Spheroid Galaxies; The Evolutionary History of Local Group Irregular Galaxies; Chemcial Evolution of the Old Stellar Populations of M31; Stellar Winds of Hot Massive Stars Nearby & Beyond the Local Group; Presolar Stardust Grains; Interstellar Dust; Interstellar Atomic Abundances; Molecules in the Interstellar Medium; Metal Ejection by Galactic Winds; Abundances from the Integrated Light of Globular Clusters &Galaxies; Abundances in Spiral & Irregular Galaxies; Chemical Compositoon of the Intracluster Medium; Quasar Elemental Abundances & Host Galaxy Evolution; Chemical Abundances in the Damped Lya Systems; Intergalactic Medium Abundances.

Keywords: Cosmochemistry, Cosmic Abundances, Astronomy, Nucleosynthesis, Astrophysics, , , ,