Fred Hoyle

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Fred Hoyle - an English astrophysicist and advocate of the steady state theory of cosmology; described processes of nucleosynthesis inside stars (1915-2001)

Hoyle, Sir Fred Hoyle

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For example, prominent Cambridge astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle concluded that the mathematical probability of life evolving randomly was "so utterly minuscule" (listing the odds of it happening at 1 to 1 plus 40,000 zeroes) that it was too ridiculous to believe.

"Faith-based science"? by Hoar, William P. / The New American

The origin of the Big Bang goes back to the 1940s, when Fred Hoyle first used the term in his BBC radio series.

The alpha and omega by Iqbal, Muzaffar / Islam & Science

FRED HOYLE (1915-2001) was an English astronomer, cosmologist, science popularizer, science fiction writer, combative gadfly, and restless intellect.

Volatile Stardust: the fertile mind of astronomer Fred Hoyle by Silber, Kenneth / Reason

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