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'''Fred Hoyle''' (1915-2001) was a British [[astronomer]] who developed the [[steady state]] theory of [[cosmology]]. | '''Fred Hoyle''' (1915-2001) was a British [[astronomer]] who developed the [[steady state]] theory of [[cosmology]]. | ||
| − | He was noted for his rejection of [[naturalistic]] theories of how the [[universe]] came into being.<ref>He supported the [[anthropic principle]], holding that there is a [[design in creation]]: the universe was designed in such a way as to produce life. [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hoyle.htm] </ref> | + | He was noted for his rejection of [[naturalistic]] theories of how the [[universe]] came into being.<ref>He supported the [[anthropic principle]], holding that there is a [[design in creation]]: the universe was designed in such a way as to produce life. [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hoyle.htm]</ref> |
| − | Nobel Prize winner Fowler wrote: "Fred Hoyle was the second great influence in my life. The grand concept of nucleosynthesis in stars was first definitely established by Hoyle in 1946." <ref>http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hoyle.htm</ref> During a radio lecture, he coined the term "[[big Bang theory|big bang]]" to ridicule the theory ( | + | Nobel Prize winner William Alfred Fowler wrote: "Fred Hoyle was the second great influence in my life. The grand concept of nucleosynthesis in stars was first definitely established by Hoyle in 1946."<ref>http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hoyle.htm</ref> During a radio lecture, he coined the term "[[big Bang theory|big bang]]" to ridicule the theory (which he disbelieved<ref>Hoyle held out against Big Bang theory, even post-1965, when the discovery of the microwave background led most cosmologists to favor it. [http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-54/iss-11/p75b.html Physics Today] obituary </ref>) that the universe began from an explosion. |
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| − | + | Hoyle was best known for his seminal contributions to the theory of the structure of [[star]]s and on the origin of the chemical elements in stars. He was a joint proponent of the [[steady state model of the universe]], which claims, in contradiction to the [[Biblical creation account]], that the universe had no beginning. | |
| − | + | In an obvious punishment of Hoyle, the [[Nobel Prize]] was awarded to underlings for his work. This prize was awarded at a time when Hoyle was embarrassing [[evolutionists]] by calling the [[archaeopteryx]] at the British Museum of History a fraud.{{fact}} | |
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| + | By 1946 Hoyle had formulated the original and still generally accepted idea that the elements are generated in evolving stars and injected into the interstellar medium by [[supernova]] explosions. In 1957 he collaborated with William Alfred Fowler, Margaret Burbidge and Geoffrey Burbidge on an epoch-making paper on the nucleosynthesis of elements in stars.<ref>http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FHoyle</ref> | ||
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Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) was a British astronomer who developed the steady state theory of cosmology. He was noted for his rejection of naturalistic theories of how the universe came into being.[1] Nobel Prize winner William Alfred Fowler wrote: "Fred Hoyle was the second great influence in my life. The grand concept of nucleosynthesis in stars was first definitely established by Hoyle in 1946."[2] During a radio lecture, he coined the term "big bang" to ridicule the theory (which he disbelieved[3]) that the universe began from an explosion.
Hoyle was best known for his seminal contributions to the theory of the structure of stars and on the origin of the chemical elements in stars. He was a joint proponent of the steady state model of the universe, which claims, in contradiction to the Biblical creation account, that the universe had no beginning.
In an obvious punishment of Hoyle, the Nobel Prize was awarded to underlings for his work. This prize was awarded at a time when Hoyle was embarrassing evolutionists by calling the archaeopteryx at the British Museum of History a fraud.[Citation Needed]
By 1946 Hoyle had formulated the original and still generally accepted idea that the elements are generated in evolving stars and injected into the interstellar medium by supernova explosions. In 1957 he collaborated with William Alfred Fowler, Margaret Burbidge and Geoffrey Burbidge on an epoch-making paper on the nucleosynthesis of elements in stars.[4]
References
- ↑ He supported the anthropic principle, holding that there is a design in creation: the universe was designed in such a way as to produce life. [1]
- ↑ http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hoyle.htm
- ↑ Hoyle held out against Big Bang theory, even post-1965, when the discovery of the microwave background led most cosmologists to favor it. Physics Today obituary
- ↑ http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FHoyle
External links
- Obituary: Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) - Nature 413, 270 (20 September 2001)