Catch a Falling Star: A Life Discovering Our Universe - Brossura

Clayton, Donald D.

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ISBN 10: 1440161038 ISBN 13: 9781440161032

Casa editrice: iUniverse, 2009

Riassunto

Catch a Falling Star, the life story of Donald Clayton, follows the struggle of one human being to find love and to create scientific understanding of the origin of the atoms of chemical elements. Born on an Iowa farm, son of an aviation pioneer, he became the first among his family to attend college, then graduate school in physics at Caltech. His three marriages reveal his battle with sexual anxiety and a sense of loss. At the same time he struggled to discover new knowledge about the creation of the atoms of our bodies and our earth. His close friendship with two great pioneers of the origin of matter enlivened his scientific life in the United States and Europe. His discoveries created two new fields of astronomy whose beginnings are featured in the book.

Clayton's autobiography chronicles the exciting life that he lived on the frontier of the scientific discovery of the origin of the chemical elements within stars. His adventures centered on academic institutions: California Institute of Technology, Rice University, University of Cambridge, Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, and Clemson University. Catch a Falling Star tells how science and his love of it endowed his life with meaning.

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L'autore:

Donald D. Clayton is a recently retired professor of Physics and Astronomy from Clemson University. He received his PhD in Astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology. He and his wife, Nancy, a watercolor artist, live in Seneca, South Carolina, where their son graduates this year (2009) from Clemson University.

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: iUniverse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1440161038
• ISBN 13: 9781440161032
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 600