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Fred Hoyle
AuthorBooks · Second hand1915-2001
Sir Fred Hoyle (24 June 1915 – 20 August 2001) was an English astronomer. With Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge and William Alfred Fowler, he formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis in the influential B2FH paper.
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Birth
1915
Death
2001
First book
1957
Years writing
69
Fred Hoyle was a British astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
He coined the term Big Bang during a radio broadcast, ironically while criticizing the theory.
Beyond his scientific work, he wrote successful science fiction novels such as The Black Cloud.
He championed the steady-state model and proposed panspermia as the origin of life on Earth.
He served as the founding director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.