'''Fred Hoyle''' (1915-2001) was a British [[astronomer]] noted for his rejection of [[naturalistic]] theories of how the [[universe]] came into being. 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 (that he disbelieved) that the universe began from an explosion. | '''Fred Hoyle''' (1915-2001) was a British [[astronomer]] noted for his rejection of [[naturalistic]] theories of how the [[universe]] came into being. 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 (that he disbelieved) that the universe began from an explosion. |