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= William A. Fowler
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= W. A. Fowler
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<William Alfred Fowler> studied the <nuclear reactions> responsible for producing <chemical elements> in the <universe>, combining <experiments> with calculations in <nuclear physics> and <astrophysics>. His 1983 Nobel lecture explains this research as a search for the origin of the <chemical elements>. Measuring the <reaction rates> of <nuclear reactions> makes a laboratory result useful for models of <stellar evolution> and <nucleosynthesis>; a proposed reaction network needs both viable pathways and rates under the relevant stellar conditions.<Experimental and Theoretical Nuclear Astrophysics; the Quest for the Origin of the Elements by William Alfred Fowler>[1983 authored Nobel lecture, title and nuclear-astrophysics program; printed pp. 172–229]{ref}
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