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William Alfred Fowler

1911–1995

William Alfred Fowler (1911–1995) was an American nuclear physicist and astrophysicist who, along with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 for his theoretical and experimental studies of nuclear reactions important in the formation of chemical elements in the universe. He spent most of his career at the California Institute of Technology, where he was a key figure in the development of nuclear astrophysics, particularly through his work on stellar nucleosynthesis and the B2FH paper (with Burbidge, Burbidge, and Hoyle).

Physics

Nuclear Reactions in Stars (1957, with Burbidge, Burbidge, and Hoyle)
The Synthesis of the Elements (1957, B2FH paper)
Nuclear Astrophysics (1967)
The Quest for the Origin of the Elements (1984, Nobel Lecture)
Essays on Nuclear Astrophysics (various, 1960s-1980s)

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