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Old 27-June-2005, 10:19 AM
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While we're on the subject...Who is best known for helping establish nucleosynthesis? [His determination of the energy level of excited Carbon I believe was his triumph.]

Arneb wrote:
My first anwer to that one was:

That would be Hans Bethe, together with Carl-Friedrich von Weizsäcker.

But since there is that hint: That would be Frank Hoyle - he coined the phrase "Big Bang" to ridicule the concept.

So which is true? Back later, gotta get to work now...
Wouldn't that be Sir Fred Hoyle? Arneb, I'm sure you meant that, but I just wanted to point that out.

Edit add: BTW, I quoted Sagan on Hoyle here: http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/vi...=486272#486272
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