Margaret Burbidge was one of the authors of the B2FH paper [0] which identified nucleosynthesis processes in stars that are responsible for producing the elemen

Margaret Burbidge was one of the authors of the B2FH paper [0] which identified nucleosynthesis processes in stars that are responsible for producing the elements heavier than iron. This was in 1956. A little over a decade later, this scientific fact was part of pop culture. One of the iconic songs of Woodstock 1969 was by Joni Mitchell [1] which goes We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2FH_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2FH_paper [1] https://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=75 https://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=75