Bethe

American  

[bay-tuh] / ˈbeɪ tə /

noun

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

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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

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Bethe Scientific  

/ bā′tə /

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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Bethe

Before testing the first atom bomb, the Los Alamos crew asked Hans Bethe to confirm with math that it wouldn’t start a chain reaction and consume the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Hans Bethe, Neils Bohr, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Leo Szilard all contributed to this book and it was the first major publication that said we are in the atomic age.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 24, 2023

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

He brought his misgivings to Oppenheimer, who confided that he shared them and showed Bethe his “Uncle Jim” letter, explaining that Conant also opposed the Super.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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