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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.
- 20 August 2001 (aged 86), Bournemouth, England
Sir Fred Hoyle was a British mathematician and astronomer best known as the foremost proponent and defender of the steady-state theory of the universe. This theory holds both that the universe is expanding and that matter is being continuously created to keep the mean density of matter in space.
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Apr 7, 2020 · The great astrophysicist Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) named the big bang theory but never embraced it. By John Horgan on April 7, 2020. 3. Credit: Donne Getty Images. The recent deaths of Freeman...
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Lived 1915 – 2001. 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. He argued for an expanding Steady State universe with no beginning or end.
Mar 25, 2024 · Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight. By. Helge Kragh. Today 'Big Bang'...
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Sep 20, 2001 · 10 Altmetric. Metrics. 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...
23 August 2001. 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 ...
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