Search results
Hans Albrecht Bethe ( German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈbeːtə] ⓘ; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American theoretical physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics, and who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar ...
Jun 28, 2024 · Hans Bethe was a German-born American theoretical physicist who helped shape quantum physics and increased the understanding of the atomic processes responsible for the properties of matter and of the forces governing the structures of atomic nuclei. He received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1967.
Hans Albrecht Bethe was born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, on July 2 1906. He attended the Gymnasium in Frankfurt from 1915 to 1924. He then studied at the University of Frankfurt for two years, and at Munich for two and one half years, taking his Ph. D. in theoretical physics with Professor Arnold Sommerfeld in July 1928.
Mar 6, 2005 · Hans Bethe was born in Strasbourg and studied in Frankfurt and Munich. When the Nazis took power in 1933, Bethe was dismissed from his post in Tübingen and emigrated via England to the U.S. He became a professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he stayed for the rest of his career.
Hans A. Bethe was a world-renowned scientist, a distinguished professor of physics and one of the most honored faculty members in Cornell's 140-year history. A pioneer of 20th century physics and astronomy, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars."
Mar 8, 2005 · Bethe’s fellow Nobel laureate, physicist Robert C. Richardson, who is Cornell’s vice provost for research, said; “Hans Bethe was a giant of 20th century science.
May 1, 2005 · Like Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe was a citizen-scientist who tried to persuade society to wield the power of atoms wisely. In articles that Bethe published in this magazine, he made the case for ...
