William Alfred Fowler

For other people named William Fowler, see William Fowler (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Alfred Fowler.
William Alfred Fowler
Born(1911-08-09)August 9, 1911
Pittsburgh
DiedMarch 14, 1995(1995-03-14) (aged 83)
Pasadena, California
Other namesWilly Fowler
Alma materOhio State University
Caltech (PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorCharles Christian Lauritsen
Doctoral studentsJames M. Bardeen, J. Richard Bond, Donald Clayton, George M. Fuller, F. Curtis Michel, Arthur B. McDonald

William Alfred Fowler (August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995) was an American nuclear physicist, later astrophysicist, who, with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics. He is known for his theoretical and experimental research into nuclear reactions within stars and the energy elements produced in the process[1] and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper.

  1. ^ Oakes, Elizabeth (2007). Encyclopedia of World Scientists, Revised Edition. New York City: Facts on File. p. 245. ISBN 9780816061587. LCCN 2007006076. Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Internet Archive.