Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 9 August 1911
Died Pasadena, California, USA, 14 March 1995
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Selected References
Barnes, C. A., D. D. Clayton, and D. N. Schramm (eds.) (1982). Essays in Nuclear Astrophysics: Presented to William A. Fowler, on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Burbidge, E. Margaret, G. R. Burbidge, William A. Fowler, and F. Hoyle (1957). “Synthesis of the Elements in Stars.” Reviews of Modern Physics 29: 547–650.
Clayton, Donald D. (1996). “William Alfred Fowler (1911–1995).” Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 108: 1–7.
Fowler, William A. (1984). “Experimental and Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics: The Quest for the Origin of the Elements.” Reviews of Modern Physics 56: 149–179. (Fowler's Nobel lecture.)
Zund, Joseph D. (1999). “Fowler, William Alfred. ” In American National Biography, edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. Vol. 8, pp. 331–333. New York: Oxford University Press.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
About this entry
Cite this entry
Clayton, D.D. (2007). Fowler, William Alfred. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_474
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_474
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-0-387-31022-0
Online ISBN: 978-0-387-30400-7
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyReference Module Physical and Materials ScienceReference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics