papers related to 20th century cosmology

In class we will look briefly at each of the following papers, but no prior reading is necessary.
  1. Einstein, Albert. "Ist die Trägheit eines Körpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhängig?." Annalen der Physik 323.13 (1905):639-641. link.
  2. Translation into English of the previous paper: link.
  3. Burbidge, E. Margaret, Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge, William A. Fowler, and Fred Hoyle. "Synthesis of the elements in stars." Reviews of modern physics 29, no. 4 (1957):547-654. link.