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Sir
Fred Hoyle, a world-renowned astronomer, is acknowledged to be one of the
most creative scientists of the 20th century. He has held the position of
Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge University, and was also the
founder of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge. He is currently an
Honorary Fellow of both Emmanuel College and St.John's College Cambridge
and an Honorary Professor at Cardiff University of Wales. He is best known
for his seminal contributions to the theory of the structure of stars and
on the origin of the chemical elements in stars. He is a joint proponent
of the Steady-State model of the Universe, and in collaboration with
Chandra Wickramasinghe he has pioneered the modern theory of panspermia.
Amongst the numerous awards and distinctions bestowed on him are the UN
Kalinga Prize, 1968, the Royal Medal of the Royal Society and the Gold
Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. In 1997 he was awarded the highly
prestigious Crafoord Prize by the the Swedish Academy in recognition of
outstanding basic research in fields not covered by the Nobel prize. He is
a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foriegn Associate of the US National
Academy of Sciences. He has published over 40 books, including technical
science, popular science and science fiction.
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