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Nobel e-Museum article by John Bahcall on the history of, "Why the Sun Shines", with appendices on the proton-proton chain and the CNO cycle.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/how-the-sun-shines/

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Astronomy - Stars = Stellar Nucleosynthesis - The Sun	- Lower Undergraduate - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Reference Material

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Keywords:: award, nobel prize, shines, sol, solar system, stars, stellar, sun, works
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created February 19, 2004 by Kara Lehman
Record Updated:: September 23, 2021 by Lyle Barbato
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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