That was widely regarded as unfair, for many of the key insights were Fred Hoyle's.

ECONOMIST: Sir Fred Hoyle

Fred Hoyle showed how the rest of the periodic table could be built up.

ECONOMIST: Sir Fred Hoyle

It is not unknown for good scientists to go off the rails at the end of their careers, and Fred Hoyle did so in spectacular style.

ECONOMIST: Sir Fred Hoyle

However, until Fred Hoyle applied his mind to the question it looked as though many of the intermediate steps might be too unstable to account for the quantities of those elements that are observed.

ECONOMIST: Sir Fred Hoyle