Fred Hoyle: An Online Exhibition

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

B-squared-F-H

Hoyle went on to work in a famous collaboration with Willy Fowler and Geoffrey and Margaret Burbidge to find a solution to the origin of the chemical elements. Their mammoth paper, ‘Synthesis of the elements in stars’ was published in in 1957. With over 1300 citations it is Hoyle’s most frequently referenced paper.

Willy Fowler was a life-long stream-train enthusiast. This photograph shows Margaret Burbidge, Geoffrey Burbidge, Fowler and Fred Hoyle together at Fowler’s sixtieth birthday, in July 1971. He was presented with the model engine as a present for his birthday. ‘Synthesis of the elements in stars’ is universally referred to by scientists as B2FH (B-squared-F-H) in reference to the initials of the surnames of the four authors.

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Photograph of Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge, Willy Fowler, and Fred Hoyle in 1971.Photograph of Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge, Willy Fowler, and Fred Hoyle in 1971. Photo ©&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Don Clayton.

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