Most elements are synthesized, or ?cooked?, by thermonuclear reactions in stars. The newly formed elements are released into the interstellar medium during a star?s lifetime, and are subsequently incorporated into a new generation of stars, into the planets that form around the stars, and into the life forms that originate on the planets.
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Now including the topics "cosmis-ray spallation reactions", "big bang nucleosynthesis", and "explosive burning in massive stars" and an update of existing sections keeps this standard graduate level textbook in nuclear astrophysics up-to-date.
