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Hoyle, Fred (1915-2001) (773 words) |
 | Hoyle successfully predicted the existence of a resonance in carbon-12 that was essential to helium burning in stars. |
| Hoyle provided a mathematical theory of the model consistent with the general theory of relativity and served as the leading spokesman for the new theory, coining the term Big Bang for the competing model during a radio lecture. |
| Hoyle was an early supporter of the modern view that extrasolar planets and life are ubiquitous. |
| Scientist of the Month (680 words) |
| Fred Hoyle was born in 1915 in Yorkshire and studied mathematics and astronomy at Cambridge University. |
| Hoyle's work on stars brought him recognition and when the war was over he returned to Cambridge as professor of astronomy and mathematics. |
| Hoyle was convinced that life exists throughout the universe and that bacteria and viruses carried by comets brought life to Earth millions of years ago. |
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