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Nuclear Cosmochronology

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1960

Fred Hoyle1960

Pasadena · Science / Astronomy

Hoyle and William Fowler studied radioactive nuclei as clocks for estimating the ages of the Galaxy and Solar System.

Names involved

Fred Hoyle

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