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William Alfred Fowler

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William Alfred Fowler

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Also known as William Alfred "Willy" Fowler, William Fowler

American nuclear physicist (1911-1995)

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William Alfred Fowler was an American nuclear physicist who lived from 1911 to 1995 and made important contributions to understanding how elements are created in stars. His work helped explain the nuclear processes that generate the chemical elements we find throughout the universe.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1983

    “for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alfred
Family name
Fowler
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Pittsburgh
Place of death
Pasadena
Occupation
astrophysicist
Educated at
Ohio State University
Employer
California Institute of Technology
Languages spoken
English language
Notable work
B²FH paper
Doctoral advisor
Charles Christian Lauritsen
Field of work
astrophysics
Image
William A. Fowler Los Alamos ID.png
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date of birth
1911-08-09
date of death
1995-03-14
Erdős number
5
member of
American Philosophical Society
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language
William Alfred Fowler
student
Arthur B. McDonald
different from
Alfred Fowler
Commons category
William Alfred Fowler
interested in
physics
writing language
English language
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William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe." He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions within stars and the energy elements produced in the process. With Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge and Fred Hoyle, he authored the influential BFH paper, Synthesis of the Elements in Stars.

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