A quotation from Fred Hoyle

Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) English astronomer, author
Quoted in the London Observer (1979-09-09) “Sayings of the Week”

More info about this quote: wist.info/hoyle-fred/79342/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fredhoyle #astronomy #atmosphere #outerspace #space #spacetravel

I think I just read the most pure science-fiction #scifi book I've ever read: Fifth Planet by Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle. I loved it.

Brief review WITH SPOILERS:
https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=fifth-planet

#scifireading #books @bookstodon #fredhoyle #BookReview

Big Bang #zortzikotxikian

https://peertube.eus/videos/watch/ac68bbd1-8876-4b83-9337-a75f1e9a32a6

Margaret Burbidge

https://edu.inaf.it/approfondimenti/personaggi/margaret-burbidge/

La storia dell’astronoma che ci ha spiegato che siamo fatti della stessa materia delle stelle.

#FredHoyle #GeoffreyBurbidge #MargaretBurbidge #nucleosintesiStellare #WilliamAlfredFowler

1976: La grande odissea nello spazio di Jack Kirby
https://www.lospaziobianco.it/alcaffedelcappellaiomatto/2001-odissea-nello-spazio-di-jack-kirby/?fsp_sid=38

La versione di Jack Kirby di uno dei capolavori della fantascienza: tra fumetto, arte e scienza.

#JackKirby #MarvelComics #FredHoyle #panspermia

October the First is Too Late, Fred Hoyle.

Never before have I read a novel so weighted by the voice of the author; this is an incredibly imaginative speculative story, and at the same time feels like an insight into his mindset in 1966.

https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=october-the-first-is-too-late

#fredhoyle #octoberthefirstistoolate #bookstodon #reading #scifi

Two paperbacks discovered in a junk shop today 🥳

#Jennings
#JenningsAndDarbishire
(Loved these books as a kid)
#FredHoyle
(#ThreeBodyProblem - links with)

How did the Big Bang get its name?
Here’s the real story

Astronomer Fred Hoyle supposedly coined the catchy term to ridicule the theory of the Universe’s origins — 75 years on, it’s time to set the record straight.

by Helge Kragh, a historian of science at the University of Copenhagen, writing for Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00894-z

#BigBang #science #history #historyofscience #cosmology #bigbangtheory #FredHoyle #GeorgeGamow #Penzias #SteadyState #Universe #theory #astrodon #physics #STEM #space