A History of the universe continuing in our body

Sekine, Toshiaki

Jomo Shimbun, P. 9, 2003/01

This paper is written as one of the series on a news paper relevant to the Gunma Chemistry Exhibition to be held in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the Chemical Society of Japan, telling readers that the origin of chemical elements is related to the radiation. As an example, K-40 is chosen for description of the fact that there exist natural radioactive elements. It is also mentioned that the origin of K-40 is ascribable to stars in the universe.