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Sir Fred Hoyle FRS (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B 2 FH paper.
Jun 20, 2024 · Sir Fred Hoyle (born June 24, 1915, Bingley, Yorkshire [now West Yorkshire], England—died August 20, 2001, Bournemouth, Dorset) was a British mathematician and astronomer best known as the foremost proponent and defender of the steady-state theory of the universe.
Fred Hoyle proved that the great majority of natural elements in the periodic table were made inside stars and distributed through space by supernova explosions. He coined the phrase ‘Big Bang’ while strenuously denying that there had ever been one.
Sep 20, 2001 · Cosmologist and controversialist Credit: CORBIS. Fred Hoyle, who died on 20 August at the age of 86, was the most imaginative of men, a kind of Leonardo. He made monumental contributions to...
May 4, 2005 · FRED HOYLE (1915-2001) had two huge advantages. First, he was a genius, with an enormously fertile mind and a huge capacity for hard work. Second, he was in the right place at the right time.
1915 to 2001. Sir Fred Hoyle is renowned as one of the twentieth century's great scientific thinkers, who was not afraid to question orthodox beliefs. Hoyle was born in Gilstead, Bingley West Yorkshire in 1915 into a close family community.
Professor Sir Fred Hoyle, astronomer, cosmologist and science author has died at the age of 86. Although best known as a supporter of the Steady State theory of the Universe, and a determined opponent of the commonly accepted Big Bang theory, Hoyle also received international acclaim for his original work on stars, galaxies, gravity and the ...
