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American nuclear physicist (1911–1995)
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] B 2
Early life [ edit ]
On 9 August 1911, Fowler was born in Pittsburgh . Fowler's parents were John MacLeod Fowler and Jennie Summers Watson. Fowler was the eldest of his siblings, Arthur and Nelda.[1] [2]
The family moved to Lima, Ohio , a steam railroad town, when Fowler was two years old. Growing up near the Pennsylvania Railroad yard influenced Fowler's interest in locomotives. In 1973, he travelled to the Soviet Union just to observe the steam engine that powered the Trans-Siberian Railway plying the nearly 2,500-kilometre (1,600 mi ) route that connects Khabarovsk and Moscow .[3]
Education [ edit ]
In 1933, Fowler graduated from the Ohio State University , where he was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1936, Fowler received a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California .[4] [5]
In 1936, Fowler became a research fellow at Caltech. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1938.[6] [4]
Although an experimental nuclear physicist, Fowler's most famous paper was his collaboration with Margaret and Geoffrey Burbidge, "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars " Significantly, Margaret Burbidge was first author, Geoffrey Burbidge second, Fowler third, and Cambridge cosmologist Fred Hoyle . That 1957 paper in Reviews of Modern Physics[7] chemical elements in stars. It is widely known as the B 2
In 1942, Fowler became an associate professor at Caltech. In 1946, Fowler became a Professor at Caltech.[4] Lee A. DuBridge , Max Mason , Linus Pauling , and Bruce H. Sage , was awarded the Medal for Merit in 1948 by President Harry S. Truman .[8]
Fowler succeeded Charles Lauritsen as director of the W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory at Caltech , and was himself later succeeded by Steven E. Koonin . Fowler was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Gerald Ford .[9]
Fowler was Guggenheim Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge in 1962–63. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1962,[10] Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society in 1963, elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1965,[11] Vetlesen Prize in 1973, the Eddington Medal in 1978, the Bruce Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in 1979, and the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983 (shared with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ) for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe .[12] [13]
Fowler's doctoral students at Caltech included Donald D. Clayton .[14]
Personal life [ edit ]
A lifelong fan of steam locomotives , Fowler owned several working models of various sizes.[15]
Fowler's first wife was Adriane Fay (née Olmsted) Fowler (1912–1988). They had two daughters, Mary Emily and Martha.[2] [16]
In December 1989, Fowler married Mary Dutcher (1919–2019), an artist, in Pasadena, California.[2] [16] Pasadena, California . He was 83.[2] [17]
Publications [ edit ]
Fowler, W.A.; Lauritsen, C.C (1949-05-26). "Gamma radiation from light nuclei under proton bombardment" (PDF) . Physical Review 73 2 ): 314–315. Bibcode :1948PhRv...73..181F . doi :10.1103/physrev.73.181.2 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-08.
Cook, C.W.; Fowler, W.A.; Lauritsen, C.C. ; Lauritsen, T. (1957-07-15). "B12 12 Physical Review 107 (2 ): 508. Bibcode :1957PhRv..107..508C . doi :10.1103/physrev.107.508 .
Clayton, D.D ; Fowler, W.A; Hull, T.E; Zimmerman, B.A. (1961-03-01). "Neutron capture chains in heavy element synthesis" Annals of Physics 12 3 ): 331–408. Bibcode :1961AnPhy..12..331C . doi :10.1016/0003-4916(61 )90067-7 . ISSN 0003-4916 .
Burbidge, E. M. ; Burbidge, G. R. ; Fowler, W. A.; Hoyle, F. (1957). "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars" . Reviews of Modern Physics 29 4 ): 547–650. Bibcode :1957RvMP...29..547B . doi :10.1103/RevModPhys.29.547 ISSN 0034-6861 . LCCN 31021290 . OCLC 5975699 .
Fowler, W. A. (June 1958). Temperature and Density Conditions for Nucleogenesis by Fusion Processes in Stars . W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory . doi :10.2172/4308210 . OSTI 4308210 .
Seeger, P. A.; Fowler, W. A.; Clayton, Donald D. (1965). "Nucleosynthesis of heavy elements by neutron capture" . Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 11 Bibcode :1965ApJS...11..121S . doi :10.1086/190111 . Archived from the original on 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-03-21 .
Bodansky, D.; Clayton, Donald D. ; Fowler, W.A. (1968-01-22). "Nucleosynthesis during silicon burning" . Physical Review Letters 20 4 ): 161–164. Bibcode :1968PhRvL..20..161B . doi :10.1103/physrevlett.20.161 . Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2022-03-21 .
Holmes, J.A.; Woosley, S.E. ; Fowler, W.A.; Zimmerman, B.A. (1976). "Tables of thermonuclear-reaction-rate for neutron-induced reactions on heavy nuclei" Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 18 Bibcode :1976ADNDT..18..305H . doi :10.1016/0092-640x(76 )90011-5 .
Caughlan, G.R. ; Fowler, W.A.; Zimmerman, B.A. (September 1975). "Thermonuclear reaction rates, II" . Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 13 Bibcode :1975ARA&A..13...69F . doi :10.1146/annurev.aa.13.090175.000441 . Archived from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-03-21 .
Obituaries [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Sidharth, B. G., ed. (2008). A century of ideas: perspectives from leading scientists of the 20th century Dordrecht : Springer . p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4020-4359-8 LCCN 2008923553 . Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Internet Archive .
^ a b c "William Alfred Fowler Biography" . Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory Archived from the original on 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2019-07-21 .
^ Carey, Charles W. (2006). American scientists New York City : Facts on File . p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8160-5499-2 LCCN 2005000683 . Retrieved 2022-03-21 – via Internet Archive .
^ "Alfred Fowler" . www.nasonline.org . Retrieved 2022-11-16 .
^ Burbidge, E. M. ; Burbidge, G. R. ; Fowler, W. A.; Hoyle, F. (1957). "Synthesis of the Elements in Stars" . Reviews of Modern Physics 29 4 ): 547–650. Bibcode :1957RvMP...29..547B . doi :10.1103/RevModPhys.29.547 ISSN 0034-6861 . LCCN 31021290 . OCLC 5975699 .
^ "Presidential Medal for Merit. February 2, 1948. - Published Papers and Official Documents - Linus Pauling and the International Peace Movement" . Oregon State University Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2022-02-26 .
^ "Photo Archive in Nuclear Astrophysics" . Clemson University Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2022-03-21 .
^ "APS Member History" . search.amphilsoc.org . Retrieved 2022-11-16 .
^ "William Alfred Fowler" . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . Retrieved 2022-11-16 .
^ "William Alfred Fowler" . Sonoma State University Archived from the original on 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2022-03-21 .
^ "William A. Fowler - Facts" . Nobel Prize . Retrieved 2019-07-14 .
^ "Donald D. Clayton" . Caltech Archived from the original on 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2022-03-21 .
^ "Photo Archive in Nuclear Astrophysics" . Clemson University Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2022-03-21 .
^ a b Written at Auburn, Maine . "Obituary: Mary Ditcher Fowler" . Lewiston Sun Journal Lewiston, Maine . 2019-07-13. OCLC 1058326012 . Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2019-07-21 .
^ Dicke, William (1995-03-16). "William A. Fowler, 83, Astrophysicist, Dies" The New York Times ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-07-14 .
External links [ edit ]
Oral history interview transcript with William Fowler on 8 June 1972, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session I
Oral history interview transcript with William Fowler on 9 June 1972, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session II
Oral history interview transcript with William Fowler on 5 February 1973, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session III
Oral history interview transcript with William Fowler on 6 February 1973, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session IV
Oral history interview transcript with William Fowler on 30 May 1974, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - Session V
1983 Audio Interview with William Fowler by Martin Sherwin Voices of the Manhattan Project
W.A. Fowler: Radioactive elements of a low atomic number , Ph.D. dissertation
William Alfred Fowler on Nobelprize.org Experimental and Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics; the Quest for the Origin of the Elements
Guide to the Papers of William A. Fowler, 1917-1994
Caughlan and Fowler 1988: THERMONUCLEAR REACTION RATES , Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Interview with William A. Fowler , Caltech Archives Oral Histories Online
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