Roger Tayler | |
|---|---|
| Professor of Astronomy, University of Sussex | |
| In office 1967–1996 | |
| Gresham Professor of Astronomy | |
| In office 1969–1975 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roger John Tayler 25 October 1929 |
| Died | 23 January 1997 (aged 67) |
Roger John Tayler (25 October 1929 – 23 January 1997) was a British astronomer. Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology. He wrote a number of textbooks. He collaborated with Fred Hoyle and Stephen Hawking at the University of Cambridge on problems of helium production in cosmology.[1]
- ^ Gough, Douglas (September 1997). "Obituary: Roger John Tayler". Physics Today. 50 (9): 98–100. Bibcode:1997PhT....50i..98G. doi:10.1063/1.881896.