FOWLER, WILLIAM ALFRED

1911–95, American nuclear astrophysicist, b. Pittsburgh. While a professor at the California Institute of Technology, Fowler studied how chemical elements are formed in nuclear reactions, especially in the evolution of stars. For his work in this area he shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Fowler also studied the radio emissions of quasars and the functioning of subatomic particles such as neutrinos.

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Alfred Lord Tennyson; a Memoir - Vol. 2
Book by Alfred Lord Tennyson; Greenwood Press, 1969
Subjects: Poets, English--19th Century--Biography, Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson--Baron--1809-1892
...had to be lifted over, William leading the pony carefully...had named his child "Alfred." June 13 th , 1867...cannot see any reason why Alfred should not write better...of Chichester and Sir William Wood afterwards Lord...Browning: MY DEAR OLD ALFRED, I have been thinking...
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Alfred Tennyson
Book by Charles Tennyson; Macmillan, 1949
Subjects: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson--Baron--1809-1892
...one wonders, can it be true. Alfred, whose veracity was almost...sets one thinking. It is from William Bunney of Hull, an officer...Dante Inferno and some of Alfreds early poems e.g. Armageddon...Letters from Egypt and Sir William Joness translations of Sanskrit...
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Alfred Einstein on Music: Selected Music Criticisms
Book by Catherine Dower; Greenwood Press, 1991
Subjects: Einstein, Alfred--1880-1952--Bibliography, Music--Germany--20th Century--History And Criticism, Music--History And Criticism
...where he held the William Allan Neilson Research...Professorship 1939-1950 , Alfred gave more than one...president to appoint Alfred Einstein to a professorship...appointment as the William Allan Neilson Foundation...family included Alfred Einstein, his wife...result, he became the William Allan Neilson Professor...
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A Critical Study of William Drummond of Hawthornden
Book by French Rowe Fogle; Kings Crown Press, 1952
Subjects: Drummond, William--1585-1649
...VI, and his mothers brother, William Fowler, had been appointed private secretary...almost nothing, but his uncle William Fowler was a man of some pretensions...Shakespeare, Lyly, Marston, William Alexander, Drayton, and others...
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The Life of Sir William Harcourt
Book by A. G. Gardiner; Constable & Company, 1923
Subjects: Great Britain--Politics And Government--19th Century, Harcourt, William Vernon--Sir--1827-1904
...Campaign, first declared by Mr. William OBrien and Mr. John Dillon...Harcourt, Herschell and Fowler, as those who had done nothing...Following the prosecution of Mr. William OBrien and Mr. J. Mandeville...do no more "to control Sir William Harcourt in the House of Commons...
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journal articles on: Fowler William Alfred  - 131 results

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The Moral Subject of Property
Journal article by Carol M. Rose; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 48, 2007
Subjects: Morality--Evaluation, Property rights--Ethical aspects, Right of property--Ethical aspects
...Bradley ed., Henry Reeve trans., Alfred A. Kropf 1945) (commenting...prudence, and judgment. See FOWLER V. HARPER ET AL., THE LAW OF...property law. (28.) Cf. JOSEPH WILLIAM SINGER, ENTITLEMENT: THE PARADOXES...Martha M. Ertman Joan C. Williams eds., 2005) (attacking commodification...
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Muddle or Muddle through? Takings Jurisprudence Meets the Endangered Species Act
Journal article by Mark Sagoff; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 38, 1997
Subjects: Eminent domain (Law)--Litigation, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered species--Litigation, Regulatory taking (Law)--Litigation
...Supreme Court decision on regulatory takings," according to William A. Fischel, who uses the details of this case to open his recent...The statement of Governor Sproul who signed the Kohler and Fowler Acts, the opinion of Chief Justice Moschzisker who upheld...
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Faulkner's Library Revisited
Journal article by Bart H. Welling; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 52, 1999
Subjects: Autographs--Evaluation, Books--Evaluation, Faulkner, William--Conduct of life, Libraries, Private--Evaluation
...verso signed "Duncan."(52) Fowler, Gene. Salute to Yesterday...Random House, 1937. Autograph: William Faulkner/Rowan Oak, 1937...with the muse./Regards,/Gene Fowler,/Fire Island, Aug. 1937 Fox...Autograph (on half-rifle): William Faulkner/Rowan Oak, 1935...
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Imagined Edens and Lacan's Lost Object: The Wilderness and Subjectivity in Faulkner's 'Go Down, Moses
Journal article by Evelyn Jaffe Schreiber; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 50, 1997
Subjects: Faulkner, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Go Down, Moses (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Subjectivity--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Wilderness areas--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...America: Landscape in Literature (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1988). (7) See William Van OConnor, The Tangled Fire of William Faulkner...imaginary, and the pre-oedipal mother, see Doreen Fowler, "`You cant beat a woman: The Preoedipal Mother...
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The Fraternal Fury of the Falkners and the Bundrens
Journal article by John Lowe; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: As I Lay Dying (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Brothers--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Faulkner, William--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...whereas others, as William and later, John...Freuds associate Alfred Adler theorized...works by Doreen Fowler and Noel Polk...Selected Letters of William Faulkner (New...p. xiii. (4) Alfred Adler. The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler: A Systematic...pp 55-61. (6) William Faulkner. Mosquitoes...
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magazine articles on: Fowler William Alfred  - 28 results

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Foundation Fund
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 56, April 2007
Subjects: Charitable contributions--Statistics, Charitable donations--Statistics, Music Teachers National Association--Finance, Nonprofit organizations--Finance
...Wright Kathy E. Wright Mary Jo Wright William Ronald YaDeau Yu-Jane Yang Eunee Yee Cathy...Fletcher Phyllis Folstad DAnna Fortunato Lisa Fowler Rosemary C. Fraley Diane A. France Edward...Gilst Janet van Houten Sharon Van Valin William A. Vessels Margaret J. Vincent Anna Vorhes...
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Who's Who in Photography 2003
Magazine article by Diane Racey; PSA Journal, Vol. 70, May 2004
Subjects: Photography--Directories
...Middleton, William Eric, Scotland...Preuss, Alfred, Germany...22 Williams, Marie, IL...Preuss, Alfred, Germany...Dart, William H., AZ...Jendroszek, Alfred, Germany...
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Endangered Species
Magazine article by James V. Risser; American Journalism Review, Vol. 20, June 1998
Subjects: A.H. Belo Corp.--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, Hays, Howard H.--Achievements and awards, Newspapers--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments, The Riverside Press-Enterprise (Newspaper)--Acquisitions, mergers, divestments
...lead story, an AP piece used inside in many papers, explored why citizens werent more disturbed. It was based on comments from William Bennett, Alan Keyes, Jesse Helms and others from the right. The Tribune-Review headline read "Conservatives Ask: `Wheres the...
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Classics of the Future
Magazine article by Alan Cheuse; The Antioch Review, Vol. 65, Spring 2007
Subjects: Novelists--Biography, Settle, Mary Lee
...Horses, William Eastlake -- selected by Alfred Appel * The Reckoning, Richard Elman...selected by Allen Wier * Stoner, John Williams -- selected by Gordon Weaver * The Strange...by Paula Fox * The Knights of Malta, S. Fowler Wright -- selected by Frederik Pohl...
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B.E. Industrial/Service 100
Magazine article; Black Enterprise, Vol. 33, June 2003
Subjects: Business enterprises--Rating
...Lanham, MD Alfred C. Liggins...Detroit, MI William F. Pickard...AZ Reginald Fowler 14 16 Rush...Indianapolis, IN William G. Mays...CA Houston L. Williams...
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newspaper articles on: Fowler William Alfred  - 8 results

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The 800; A Birthday Celebration of 800 People Who Put Liverpool on the Map
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), August 28, 2007
Subjects: Commonwealth games--Management, Coronation Street (Television program), Lennon, John--Achievements and awards, Manchester United--Management, McCartney, Paul--Achievements and awards, UEFA Cup (Soccer)--Management, United Kingdom. Royal Army Medical Corps--Management
...Liverpools best loved players, Fowler scored five goals on his Anfield...Fury (1940-83), singer Ronald William Wycherley was born in Smithdown...European belt to his collection William Gladstone (1809-1898), politician...Minister of Great Britain, William Ewart Gladstone was born in...
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Deserved Degree for Graduate Grandad; University of Ulster Graduations - Jordanstown
Newspaper article by Jeanette Oldham; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), June 30, 1999
...Suzanne Mary Duffy, John Forde, Alfred Gary Fowler, Robert Terence Fulton, Ciaran...Anne Josephine Hamilton, Laurence William Hastings, Cheryl Laverne Jeffers...Pass With Distinction: Gareth William Davison, Claire Henderson Pass...
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Obituaries
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 13, 2005
...Springfield; two sons, Don Fowler of Elmira and Allen Jacobson...Springfield Memorial Gardens. Alfred Ansama Sr. REEDSPORT - A...Feb. 20, 1917, in Gervais to William and Emily Laflemme Wargnier...in Barnesville, Minn., to William and Agnes McGaugh Tuski...
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University of Teesside
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), November 23, 2005
Subjects: Oliver, James
...Denise Robson Lynn Smith Lucy Stickland Fany Vassilikou Sally Williams Andrew John Woolf POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PROFESSIONAL...Bowran Janet Clarke Diane Susan Cooper Shirley Duggan Colin Fowler Kathryn Grady Michelle Macaskill Val McLellan Rosemary Newton...
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Which Group Will You Support?
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), October 1, 2007
...valued assistance to this project. Address to send tokens: Neil Fowler, 27 Glaisdale Road, Yarm, TS15 9RN ABBIES LOVE, Middlesbrough...honour that with a fitting memorial. Address to send tokens: Alfred Stubbs, 53 Queens Drive, Billingham, Stockton, TS22 5JL FAMILY...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fowler William Alfred  - 5 results

 
 
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Fowler, William Alfred
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOWLER, WILLIAM ALFRED 1911 95, American nuclear astrophysicist...the California Institute of Technology, Fowler studied how chemical elements are formed...Physics with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar . Fowler also studied the radio emissions of quasars...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Gell-Mann Max Delbruck Alfred D. Hershey Salvador B...1972 Stanford Moore William Howard Stein Christian...Chandrasekhar William A. Fowler Barbara McClintock...Bertram N. Brockhouse Alfred G. Gilman Martin Rodbell...to Ban Landmines Jody Williams Paul D. Boyer Jens C...
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English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...romanticism of such poets as John Masefield , Alfred Noyes , and Walter de la Mare and...lived on in the work of Arnold Bennett , William Henry Hudson , and John Galsworthy...Kelman stands out. Bibliography See A. Fowler, A History of English Literature (1987...
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Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...harsh peace terms of Versailles (see Versailles, Treaty of ). William abdicated and fled (Nov., 1918) after national and international...of Adolf Hitler or the Nationalist (monarchist) party of Alfred Hugenberg . The election (1925) of Hindenburg as president...
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Canadian Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...were the landscapists Daniel Fowler, F. M. Bell-Smith, and Robert...M. A. de Foy Suzor-Cote , William Brymner, Maurice Cullen, and...group was formed, including Alfred Pellan , John Lyman, P. E...Philippe Hebert , Suzor-Cote, Alfred Laliberte, Tait McKenzie, and...


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