Creation and distribution of elements - looking for recommendations

[BWV]

Looking for good sources, something beyond typical popular science but readable for a layperson that details current thinking on how various elements get created and distributed over time (supernova, neutron star mergers etc) and implications for evolution of life. Any recommendations?

 

[Keith_McClary]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleosynthesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elements#Universe
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6426/474

 

[phinds]

A good place to start is Weinberg's "The First Three Minutes"