The Story of Helium and the Birth of Astrophysics

1. The Unbearable Lightness of a ‘Noble’ Element
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2. From Alchemy to Chemistry
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3. From Chemistry to the Stars
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4. Father Secchi, the Priest Who Became an Astronomer
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5. Janssen, a Traveling Scientist
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6. Norman Lockyer, Clerk Turned Astronomer
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7. James F. Tennant, Soldier Turned Astronomer
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8. Guntur, the Small Town at the Center of Attention
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9. The Perpetual Eclipse of 1868
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10. Lockyer and His Cosmic Hieroglyphics
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11. The Ghost Element That Refused To Be Identified
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12. Helium on Earth
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13. The Folklore and Reality of the Discovery of Helium
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Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Popular Science in Astronomy, History of Science, Quantum Gases and Condensates