4.3 Fusion and Fission: atoms and energy

What makes the Sun... shine?

What does Albert Einstein's famous equation, "E = m... c... squared", tell us about matter and energy?

Why isn't it just poetry but also good physics to say that humans are... "born of the stars"?

In this video, how the simplest element in the universe produces "sun"-"shine"...

The life and death of stars... and why stars cook up the elements of life...

And... how particle physics uses energy to reveal the building blocks of matter... and illuminate the origins of everything!

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