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This Textbook Deals With The Composition And Evolution Of Material Objects In The Universe, From Terrestrial And Moon Rocks To Quasars: What Are Their Compositions And How Do They Arise? There Are Two Main Themes: Chemical Processes Responsible For The Abundances We Observe, And Nuclear Processes In Which Chemical Elements Originate. The Author Presents A Self-contained And Interdisciplinary Synthesis, Aimed At The Advanced Undergraduate/graduate Student. The Book Has Problem Sets To Aid Understanding And An Extensive Bibliography. 1. Overview -- 2. Minerals: An Introduction To The Nomenclature And Chemistry -- 3. A Brief Introduction To Petrology -- 4. A Resume Of Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics -- 5. Condensation Sequences And The Geochemical Classification Of The Elements -- 6. The Theory Of The Bulk Composition Of The Planets -- 7. Meteorites And The Standard Abundance Distribution (sad) -- 8. An Introduction To Isotope Geology With An Emphasis On Meteorites -- 9. Some Concepts From Nuclear Physics -- 10. Energy Generation In Stars And Nucleosynthesis -- 11. Atomic And Molecular Spectra -- 12. The Analysis Of Stellar Spectra -- 13. The Chemistry Of Stars And Stellar Sy

Author

Charles R. Cowley

Publisher

Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521415385

Subjects

Science, Chemistry, Astronomy

Rating

3 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14