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William Alfred Fowler

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
William Alfred Fowler 1911-95, American nuclear astrophysicist, b. Pittsburgh. While a professor at the California Institute of Technology, Fowler studied how chemical elements are formed in nuclear reactions, especially in the evolution of stars. For his work in this area he shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar . Fowler also studied the radio emissions of quasars and the functioning of subatomic particles such as neutrinos. Author not available, FOWLER, WILLIAM ALFRED. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Fowler, William Alfred
Fowler, William Alfred (1911–95) US physicist and astrophysicist best known for his explanation of how chemical elements are built up (from heavier... Read more
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...British authority on English usage; revised Fowler's Modern English Usage and wrote Plain...in writer John Donne, 19 February 1960. Alfred Whitney Griswold, 56, president of Yale...dramatized in The Miracle Worker, 1 June 1968. William Heard Kilpatrick, 93, former professor... Read more

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