“for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe”
William Alfred Fowler was an American astrophysicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe. His research helped explain nucleosynthesis in stars.
- Field
- Space Science · Astrophysics
- Lifespan
- 1911–1995