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Bethe

American  
[bey-tuh] / ˈbeɪ tə /

noun

  1. Hans Albrecht 1906–2005, U.S. physicist, born in Alsace: Nobel Prize 1967.


Bethe British  
/ ˈbeɪtə /

noun

  1. Hans Albrecht (hans ˈalbrɛçt). 1906–2005, US physicist, born in Germany; noted for his research on astrophysics and nuclear physics: Nobel prize for physics 1967

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Bethe Scientific  
/ bātə /
  1. German-born American physicist who was instrumental in the development of quantum physics. Bethe also played an important role in the development of the atomic bomb, later working to educate the public about the threat of nuclear weapons. In 1967 he received a Nobel Prize for explaining that the Sun and other stars derive their energy from a series of nuclear reactions which came to be known as the carbon cycle, or Bethe cycle.


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In fact, it had been raised very briefly in 1942 and promptly put to rest by Manhattan Project physicist Hans Bethe, who later called it “absolute nonsense.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2023

They include his brother Frank Oppenheimer, Haakon Chevalier, Hans Bethe, Isidor Rabi and more, reflecting on Oppenheimer and what they created at Los Alamos.

From Seattle Times Jul. 23, 2023

Christopher Fryer, head of Los Alamos’s Center for Nonlinear Studies, has found that the weapons codes still contain computational tricks conjured up decades ago by Manhattan Project luminaries such as Hans Bethe and Richard Feynman.

From Science Magazine Apr. 20, 2023

Niels Bohr, with whom Dr. Gottfried studied in Copenhagen in 1959; and Professor Bethe.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2022

“He brought out the best in all of us,” agreed Hans Bethe.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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