William Alfred 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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- 1911-08-09
- Died
- 1995-03-14
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5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,655x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,955x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,031x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,752x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,537x
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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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1911 births1995 deathsAmerican astronomersAmerican Nobel laureatesCalifornia Institute of Technology alumniCalifornia Institute of Technology facultyCalifornia Institute of Technology fellowsFellows of St John's College, CambridgeFellows of the American Physical SocietyMedal for Merit recipientsMembers of the American Philosophical Society