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The Evolution of the Stars

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Drs. Hoyle and Lyttleton have raised1 some objections to the results of the application of nuclear physics to the problems of stellar evolution as discussed in my recent articles on this subject2.

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  1. Hoyle, F., and Lyttleton, R. A., NATURE, 44, 1019 (1939).

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GAMOW, G. The Evolution of the Stars. Nature 146, 97 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146097a0

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