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An historical view of the discovery and subsequent studies of lithium in low-Z stars is presented. The determination of the lithium abundance in extremely low-Z stars, found in the vast Beers, Preston and Shectman survey, is reviewed. The problem of the exact connection between the lithium abundance found in the photospheres of low-Z stars and the true cosmological abundance of lithium is discussed, and identified as the most important problem to be solved in the coming years.
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Cayrel, R. (1998). Lithium Abundances in Low-Z Stars. In: Prantzos, N., Tosi, M., Von Steiger, R. (eds) Primordial Nuclei and Their Galactic Evolution. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5116-0_14
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