Hoyle, who died in 2001, did more than just name the big bang (and argue against its existence). He also worked with Willy Fowler to show that the heavy elements of the universe, ...

Hoyle, who died in 2001 at the age of 86, was something of a tragic figure in science. ... San Diego, along with the late Willy Fowler of the California Institute of Technology and Hoyle), ...