Solving the Solar Enigma: The Story of the Scientists Behind the Discovery of the Sun's Energy Source

Solving the Solar Enigma: The Story of the Scientists Behind the Discovery of the Sun s Energy Source is a chain-of-discoveries story that traces the scientific developments that ultimately led to the understanding of how the sun generates its energy. In a concise and lucid style, the book depicts a fascinating journey that begins with Galileo and Isaac Newton and culminates in Hans Bethe's landmark discovery in 1938 of the nuclear fusion process in the sun and all the other stars in the universe. Solving the Solar Enigma presents in laymen's terms the many discoveries that laid the groundwork for Bethe's breakthrough research.