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A British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed in her 1925 doctoral thesis that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium
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An English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis
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Take the IQ test →Neither Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin nor Fred Hoyle has a formally estimated IQ score, but both are universally recognized as among history's greatest minds.
Neither has a formally estimated IQ in the Geniuses.Club database, though both are recognized as extraordinary intellects.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin is known for: Explanation of stellar spectra and composition of the Sun, more than 3,000,000 observations of variable stars. Fred Hoyle is known for: Coining the phrase 'Big Bang'Stellar nucleosynthesis theoryHoyle's fallacyB2FH paperHoyle-Narlikar theorySteady state th.
Yes. Both Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and Fred Hoyle are universally regarded as among history's greatest intellects.
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