Sir Fred Hoyle FRS was an astronomer who held some controversial views. He coined the term"Big Bang", even though he rejected the theory, preferring the "steady-state model". He also believed that life arrived on earth from elsewhere and was not home-grown.
Spent most of his working life at St John's College, Cambridge. Wrote science fiction novels, etc.
Born Yorkshire, died Bournmouth.
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Fred Hoyle
Fred Hoyle became known for his original, even controversial, approach to his...
Developed the electromagnetic theory, unifying previous unrelated results. Born Edinburgh. Professor of Natural Philosophy at King's College London, 1860 - 65. Died Cambridge. Buried near Castle Do...
Industrialist and inventor. From Preston. Set up a factory with a newly designed method of cotton-spinning. He worked his employees, including children, very hard and became very rich.
Biostatistician, human geneticist and eugenicist. Born at The Larches, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, a half-cousin of Charles Darwin. An enthusiastic traveller, particularly in Africa. Darwin's publicati...
Managing Director of NPLÂ 2000 - 2005.
Inventor: pocket calculator, computers and . . . . the C5. Born as Clive Marles Sinclair on 30 July 1940 near Richmond-upon-Thames. He was the eldest of the three children of George William Carter...
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