Bethe

[ bey-tuh ]

noun

1. Hans Al·brecht [hanz , awl, -brekt, hahns, hahns , ahl, -b, r, e, kh, t], 1906–2005, U.S. physicist, born in Alsace: Nobel Prize 1967.

Bethe

/ ˈbeɪtə /

noun

1. BetheHans Albrecht19062005MUSGermanSCIENCE: physicist 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

Bethe

/ 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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It was sunlight; a Bethe solar-phoenix reaction, and it would sustain itself for hours.

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Even von Schlichten, who had seen H-bombs and Bethe-cycle bombs, was impressed.

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I have dealt with only one of the groups of names treated by Prof. Bethe; but it is the one which he has discussed most fully.

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His experiments, like Bethe's, are too few to warrant any conclusions as to the possibility of habit formation.

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Bethe's first test is unsatisfactory because the crabs have a strong tendency to hide from the experimenter in the darkest corner.

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