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Hans Bethe after receiving the Morrison Prize, given in 1940 for his papers explaining the sources of energy production in the sun and other stars.
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Hans Bethe at age 12 with his parents in Strassburg, Germany (now Strasbourg, France), 1918.
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Hans Bethe (second row, center) and members of the physics faculty, ca. 1935, shortly after Bethe came to Cornell University.
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Hans Bethe's publications span over 75 years and an incredible array of topics in physics, astrophysics, nuclear energy, arms control, and science policy. This page offers just a few starting points for those interested in learning about Professor Bethe and his profound influence as one of the great scientists of the twentieth century. Readers interested in learning more about quantum theory will readily find technical and popular references in libraries, bookstores, and online. Web Pages
Nobel Prize biography, 1967
"Writing the Biography of a Living Scientist: Hans Bethe," 1995
Bruce Medalist page and bibliography, 2001
VideosAll videos are located in the Cornell University Library Digital Repository: eCommons@Cornell and were produced at Cornell University and are copyrighted by Internet-First University Press. A Conversation with Emeriti Professors Hans Bethe and Robert Wilson A Conversation with Emeriti Professors Hans Bethe and Victor Weisskopf An Evening with Hans Bethe: The German Atomic Bomb Project Frank Rhodes, President of the American Philosophical Society, Presents the Benjamin Franklin Medal Hans Bethe and David Mermin Discuss the Early History of Solid State Physics Hans Bethe Discusses the Manhattan Project, with Introduction by Carl Sagan "I Can Do That!" Hans Bethe's First 60 Years at Cornell Hans Bethe: Celebrating "An Exemplary Life" (Once in eCommons, click the Title button to display the videos in this collection). BooksSchweber, Silvan S., In the Shadow of the Bomb: Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist (Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2000). Bernstein, Jeremy, Prophet of Energy: Hans Bethe (Basic Books, 1980; Elsevier-Dutton, NY, 1981). Bethe, H.A., et. al., From a Life of Physics (World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1989). Bethe, Hans A., The Road from Los Alamos, [Masters of Modern Physics series] (American Inst. of Physics, NY, 1991). |
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