Stars that Formed Complex Elements

     Second Evening—Expansion
          The Expanding Universe
               The Giant Atom that Exploded
               Expansion, Not a “Big Bang” Explosion
               Expansion Preserves Order
          Expanding Now but Later What?
               Expanding but Uncreated
               The Cyclic Universe
               Always Expanding but Never Beginning
               Continuous Creation
               Objections to Continuous Creation
               A Cyclic Version of Continuous Creation
               Can New Physics Recycle the Universe?
               Accelerating Expansion
               No Big Crunch and No New Physics
          The Expanding Universe Prevails

Second Evening—Expansion

     Second Morning—Element Soup
          Heat and Light Make Heavy Elements
               Differences in Stellar Composition
               Nuclear Binding Energy
          Energy from Fusion and Fission
               The Proton-Proton Reaction
               Instability Releases Energy
               Nuclear Stability
          Different Kinds of Fission
          Making the Rest of the Elements
          Burning Helium and Heavier Elements

Second Morning—Heavy Elements

Second Evening—Expansion

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