Lecture 1: Origin of elements

Tuesday, 30 August 2005, lecture material (pdf)

Required readings by September 6:
1. Chapter 2, "Origins", of the textbook
2. "Origin of heavy elements", which you can find here

I also distributed the Nobel lecture of Arno Allan Penzias on the origin of elements from 1979 as light reading.
Makes for a nice historical overview.

The (partial) Nuclide Chart can be found here.