num_pages: 312
description: This book contains the lectures delivered at the XIII Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, which reviewed current knowledge about the origin and evolution of the chemical elements in the Universe. Written by seven prestigious astrophysics researchers, it covers cosmological and stellar nucleosynthesis, abundance determinations in stars and ionized nebulae, chemical composition of nearby and distant galaxies, and models of chemical evolution of galaxies and intracluster medium.
language: English
title: Cosmochemistry: The Melting Pot of the Elements
titlecomplete: Cosmochemistry: The Melting Pot of the Elements (Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics)
genres: Science
ratings_count: 1
series: Cambridge Contemporary Astrophysics
publisher: Cambridge University Press