= E. Margaret Burbidge
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<E. Margaret Burbidge> helped connect observed stellar elemental abundances with <stellar nucleosynthesis> in the 1957 synthesis written with <G. R. Burbidge>, <William Alfred Fowler> and <Fred Hoyle>. Their account combined stellar burning stages and <nuclear reactions> into an explanation of how <stars> build many <chemical elements>.<Synthesis of the Elements in Stars by E. Margaret Burbidge and others>[Introduction and sections on elemental abundances and nuclear processes]{ref}
The abundance pattern acts as a physical constraint: a proposed <nuclear reaction> sequence must account for relative yields, rather than merely produce an element in principle.
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