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Nuclear Astrophysics Before 1957

Astrophysics 2009-11-13 v1 Nuclear Theory History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

I discuss especially my summer with Willy Fowler at Kellogg Radiation in 1951, where I did my "triple-alpha" work. I also go back even earlier to Arthur Eddington and Hans Bethe. I also mention the 1953 summer school in Ann Arbor.

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@article{arxiv.0711.3139,
  title  = {Nuclear Astrophysics Before 1957},
  author = {Edwin E. Salpeter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.3139},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages

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