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How did the Solar System's chemical composition evolve? This textbook provides the answers in the first interdisciplinary introduction to cosmochemistry. It makes this exciting and evolving field accessible to undergraduate and graduate students from a range of backgrounds, including geology, chemistry, astronomy and physics. The authors - two established leaders who have pioneered developments in the field - provide a complete background to cosmochemical processes and discoveries, enabling students outside geochemistry to understand and explore the Solar System's composition. Topics covered include: - synthesis of nuclides in stars - partitioning of elements between solids, liquids and gas in the solar nebula - overviews of the chemistry of extraterrestrial materials - isotopic tools used to investigate processes such as planet accretion and element fractionation - chronology of the early Solar System - geochemical exploration of planets Boxes provide basic definitions and mini-courses in mineralogy, organic chemistry, and other essential background information for students. Review questions and additional reading for each chapter encourage students to explore cosmochemistry further.

Cosmochemistry. --- Cosmochimie --- Cosmochemistry --- Astrochemistry --- Cosmic chemistry --- Space chemistry --- Chemistry --- Space sciences --- Chemistry. --- Physical sciences

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An information resource about the isotopes and their place in the cosmos.

Cosmochemistry. --- Isotopes. --- Nucleosynthesis. --- Nucleogenesis --- Chemical elements --- Cosmochemistry --- Nuclides --- Astrochemistry --- Cosmic chemistry --- Space chemistry --- Chemistry --- Space sciences

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Cosmochemistry. --- Propellants. --- Space vehicles --- Materials. --- Cosmochemistry --- Propellants --- Astrochemistry --- Cosmic chemistry --- Space chemistry --- Materials --- Combustion --- Explosives --- Chemistry --- Space sciences

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Molecules in the early Universe acted as natural temperature regulators, keeping the primordial gas cool and, in turn, allowing galaxies and stars to be born. Even now, such similarly simple chemistry continues to control a wide variety of the exotic objects that populate our cosmos. What are the tools of the trade for the cosmic chemist? What can they teach us about the Universe we live in? These are the questions answered in this engaging and informative guide, The Chemically Controlled Cosmos. In clear, non-technical terms, and without formal mathematics, we learn how to study and understand the behaviour of molecules in a host of astronomical situations. We study the secretive formation of stars deep within interstellar clouds, the origin of our own Solar System, the cataclysmic deaths of many massive stars that explode as supernovae, and the hearts of active galactic nuclei, the most powerful objects in the Universe. We are given an accessible introduction to a wealth of astrophysics, and an understanding of how cosmic chemistry facilitates the investigation of many of the most exciting questions concerning astronomy today.

Cosmochemistry --- Molecules --- 521.03 --- Astrochemistry --- Cosmic chemistry --- Space chemistry --- Chemistry --- Space sciences --- Theoretical astronomy. Celestial mechanics--?.03 --- Cosmochemistry. --- Molecules. --- 521.03 Theoretical astronomy. Celestial mechanics--?.03

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The distribution of elements in the cosmos is the result of many processes, and it provides a powerful tool to study the Big Bang, the density of baryonic matter, nucleosynthesis and the formation and evolution of stars and galaxies. Covering many exciting topics in astrophysics and cosmology, this textbook, by a pioneer of the field, provides a lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the interdisciplinary subject of galactic chemical evolution for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It is also an authoritative overview for researchers and professional scientists. This new edition includes results from recent space missions and new material on abundances from stellar populations, nebular analysis, and meteoric isotopic anomalies, and abundance analysis of X-ray gas. Simple derivations for key results are provided, together with problems and helpful solution hints, enabling the student to develop an understanding of results from numerical models and real observations.

Galaxies --- Cosmochemistry --- Evolution --- Cosmochemistry. --- Galactic evolution --- Galaxy evolution --- Galaxy mergers --- Astrochemistry --- Cosmic chemistry --- Space chemistry --- Chemistry --- Space sciences --- Evolution. --- Formation --- Galaxies - Evolution