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Fred Hoyle

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born

June 24, 1915 in Gilstead, Bingley, West Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

died

August 20, 2001

gender

male

website

http://www.fredhoyle.com/

genre

Science, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Professor Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) was one of the most distinguished, creative and controversial scientists of the twentieth century. He was a Fellow of St John’s College (1939-1972, Honorary Fellow 1973-2001), was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1957, held the Plumian Chair of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy (1958-1972), established the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge (now part of the Institute of Astronomy), and (in 1972) received a knighthood for his services to astronomy. Hoyle was a keen mountain climber, an avid player of chess, a science fiction writer, a populariser of science, and the man who coined the phrase 'Big Bang'.

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Books by Fred Hoyle

Average rating: 3.45 · 833 ratings · 108 reviews · 73 distinct works

	The Black Cloud 3.65 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 1957 — 24 editions	My rating:
	A for Andromeda by Fred Hoyle, John Elliot 3.48 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1964 — 10 editions	My rating:
	October the First Is Too Late 3.24 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Ossian's Ride 3.19 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1961 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Into Deepest Space by Fred Hoyle, Geoffrey Hoyle 3.32 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Fifth Planet by Fred Hoyle, Geoffrey Hoyle 3.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Intelligent Universe 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Andromeda Breakthrough by Fred Hoyle, John Elliot 3.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Rockets in Ursa Major by Fred Hoyle, Geoffrey Hoyle 2.61 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1969 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Incandescent Ones by Fred Hoyle, Geoffrey Hoyle 3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1977 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by Fred Hoyle

Andromeda (2 books)
by Fred Hoyle, John Elliot

3.40 avg rating — 111 ratings

Quotes by Fred Hoyle

“Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.”
― Fred Hoyle

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“A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What is the chance that after its passage a fully assembled 747, ready to fly, will be found standing there? So small as to be negligible, even if a tornado were to blow through enough junkyards to fill the whole Universe.”
― Fred Hoyle

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