Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge (born September 24, 1925) is a British-American physics professor in the University of California, San Diego. He is the husband of Margaret Burbidge. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of California, San Diego (popularly known as UCSD) is a public, coeducational university located in La Jolla, California. ... Margaret Burbidge (nee Eleanor Margaret Peachey) (born August 12, 1919) is a British astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. ...

In 1957 he and his wife were co-authors, together with Fred Hoyle, the British astronomer, and William Fowler, the American physicist, of a famous paper on stellar nucleosynthesis, which was referred to as the B²FH paper, after the initials of the surnames of the four authors. Burbidge is known mostly for his alternative cosmology theory, which contradicts the Big Bang theory. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Fred Hoyle Sir Fred Hoyle (June 24, 1915 in Yorkshire – August 20in Bournemouth, England, 2001) was a British astronomer, notable for a number of his theories that run counter to current astronomical opinion, and a writer of science fiction, including a number of books co-authored by his son... There is another William Fowler who was a Scottish poet and uncle of William Drummond of Hawthornden William Alfred Willy Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American astrophysicist. ... Cross section of a red giant showing nucleosynthesis and elements formed Stellar nucleosynthesis is the collective term for the nuclear reactions taking place in stars to build the nuclei of the heavier elements. ... A non-standard cosmology is a cosmological framework that fundamentally contradicts one of the basic aspects of the big bang model of physical cosmology. ... According to the Big Bang theory, the universe originated in an extremely dense and hot state (bottom). ...

According to Burbidge, the universe is oscillatory and as such expands and contracts periodically over infinite time. This theory, due to its controversial nature, has brought a certain amount of fame (or even infamy) to Burbidge and has put him in a similar position to that which scientists such as Galileo and Alfred Wegener, have held in the past. OSCILLATION IS THROUGH AND FRO MOTION OF ELECTRONS IN DEVICE Oscillation is the periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure as seen, for example, in a swinging pendulum. ... On January 7, 1610 Galileo discovered three of Jupiters four largest satellites (moons): Io, Europa, and Callisto. ... Alfred Wegeners theory of continental drift was widely ridiculed in his day. ...

Honors

Awards

• Warner Prize, with his wife (1959)
• Bruce Medal (1999)
• Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2005)

Named after him The Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy is awarded annually by the American Astronomical Society for a significant contribution to observational or theoretical astronomy. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Catherine Wolfe Bruce gold medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Gold Medal is the highest award of the Royal Astronomical Society. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• Asteroid 11753 Geoffburbidge

An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ...

External links

• Bruce Medal page
• Geoffrey Burbidge personal page