Synthesis of the Elements in Stars
@article{Burbidge1957SynthesisOT,
title={Synthesis of the Elements in Stars},
author={E. Margaret Burbidge and Geoffrey R. Burbidge and William A. Fowler and Fred Sir Hoyle},
journal={Reviews of Modern Physics},
year={1957},
volume={29},
pages={547-650}
}Man inhabits a universe composed of a great variety of elements and their isotopes. In Table I,1 a count of the stable and radioactive elements and isotopes is listed. Ninety elements are found terrestrially and one more, technetium, is found in stars; only promethium has not been found in nature.
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