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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.
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Astronomy
- Stars
= Stellar Nucleosynthesis
- The Sun
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
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Keywords:
award, nobel prize, shines, sol, solar system, stars, stellar, sun, works
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Metadata instance created February 19, 2004 by Kara Lehman
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September 23, 2021 by Lyle Barbato
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AIP Format
(Nobel e-Museum, Stockholm), WWW Document, (https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/how-the-sun-shines/).
AJP/PRST-PER
How the Sun Shines (Nobel e-Museum, Stockholm), <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/how-the-sun-shines/>.
APA Format
How the Sun Shines. (n.d.). Retrieved April 17, 2025, from Nobel e-Museum: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/how-the-sun-shines/
Chicago Format
Nobel e-Museum. How the Sun Shines. Stockholm: Nobel e-Museum. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/how-the-sun-shines/ (accessed 17 April 2025).
MLA Format
How the Sun Shines. Stockholm: Nobel e-Museum. 17 Apr. 2025 <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/how-the-sun-shines/>.
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