William A. Fowler

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Nobel laureate human nuclear physicist physicist

William A. Fowler was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on the nuclear reactions that power stars and synthesize the chemical elements.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
human ⓘ
nuclear physicist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived National Medal of Science ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-08-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-03-14 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Charles C. Lauritsen ⓘ
educatedAt California Institute of Technology ⓘ
Ohio State University ⓘ
employer California Institute of Technology ⓘ
familyName Fowler ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrophysics ⓘ
nuclear astrophysics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
influenced development of nuclear astrophysics ⓘ
knownFor nuclear reactions in stars ⓘ
stellar nucleosynthesis ⓘ
synthesis of chemical elements in stars ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
nobelPrizeCategory Physics ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear 1983 ⓘ
notableStudent John N. Bahcall ⓘ
notableWork theory of nucleosynthesis in stars ⓘ
occupation physicist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
placeOfDeath Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California, United States of America
positionHeld professor at California Institute of Technology ⓘ
researchFocus element formation in the universe ⓘ
thermonuclear reactions in stars ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharesNobelPrizeWith Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ⓘ
workLocation Pasadena ⓘ
surface form: Pasadena, California

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Edwin E. Salpeter → coAuthor → William A. Fowler ⓘ
Margaret Burbidge → collaboratedWith → William A. Fowler ⓘ
Carver A. Mead → hasAcademicAdvisor → William A. Fowler ⓘ
Carl David Anderson → notableStudent → William A. Fowler ⓘ
Fred Hoyle → coAuthor → William A. Fowler ⓘ
Geoffrey Burbidge → coAuthor → William A. Fowler ⓘ
“Synthesis of the Elements in Stars” (B2FH, 1957) → hasAuthor → William A. Fowler ⓘ
subject surface form: Synthesis of the Elements in Stars