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The story of Rutherford and Lord Kelvin is told, among other places, in David Lindley’s Degrees Kelvin: A Tale of Genius, Invention, and Tragedy (Joseph Henry Press, 2004)
John Bahcall’s article at http://nobelprize.org/physics/articles/fusion/index.html traces the early history of our understanding of the role of fusion.
Information on nuclear reactions in weapons is from the very useful U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History by Chuck Hansen (Aerofax: Arlington, Texas and Orion Books, New York) and Nuclear Weapons Databook Volume I. U.S. Nuclear Forces and Capabilities, by Thomas B. Cochran, William M. Arkin, and Milton M. Hoenig, (Ballinger Publishing Corporation, subsidiary of Harper and Row, Cambridge MA, 1984).
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(2006). The stars themselves. In: The Sky at Einstein’s Feet. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-37622-4_6
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