The Magic Furnace
by Chown, Marcus
Marcus Chown is a journalist at the New Scientist. He is the author of The Afterglow of Creation, shortlisted for the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, and is the winner of the 1994 Science Writers Award.
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Vintage, 2000 Every atom in our bodies has an extraordinary history. Our blood, our food, our books, our clothes - everything contains atoms forged in blistering furnaces deep inside stars, which were blown into space by those stars' cataclysmic explosions and deaths. From red giants - stars so enormous they could engulf a million suns - to supernova explosions -… Read more about this item Item Price
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