Fred Hoyle

Sir Fred Hoyle (June 24, 1915 in Yorkshire – August 20in Bournemouth, England, 2001) was a British astronomer, notable for a number of his theories that run counter to current astronomical opinion, and a writer of science fiction, including a number of books co-authored by his son Geoffrey Hoyle. He spent most of his working life at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge, and was director of the institute for a number of years.

Non-fiction works

• Nicolaus Copernicus, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., London, p. 78, 1973
• Astronomy and Cosmology: A Modern Course, 1975, ISBN 0716703513
• The Intelligent Universe, 1983
• Evolution from Space: A Theory of Cosmic Creationism, 1984, ISBN 0671492632
• Burbidge, E.M., Burbidge, G.R., Fowler, W.A. and Hoyle, F., Synthesis of the Elements in Stars, Revs. Mod. Physics 29:547–650, 1957, the famous B²FH paper after their initials, for which Hoyle is most famous among professional cosmologists.
• Hoyle, F., The big bang in astronomy, New Scientist 92(1280):527, November 19, 1981.
• Arp, H.C., Burbidge, G., Hoyle, F., Narlikar, J.V. and Wickramasinghe, N.C., The extragalactic universe: an alternative view, Nature 346:807–812, August 30, 1990.
• Home Is Where the Wind Blows: Chapters from a Cosmologist's Life (autobiography) Oxford University Press 1994, ISBN 0198500602