Hans Bethe

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Nobel laureate in Physics human nuclear physicist theoretical physicist

Hans Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on nuclear reactions in stars and his leadership in nuclear physics research during World War II and beyond.

Aliases (1)

Hans A. Bethe ×2

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → nuclear physicist → theoretical physicist →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → Franklin Medal → Lomonosov Gold Medal → Max Planck Medal → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physics → Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts → Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal →
citizenship	Germany → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1906-07-02 →
dateOfDeath	2005-03-06 →
doctoralAdvisor	Arnold Sommerfeld →
educatedAt	Goethe University Frankfurt → Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich →
employer	Cornell University → Los Alamos Laboratory → University of Manchester → University of Stuttgart → University of Tübingen →
ethnicGroup	Jewish people →
familyName	Bethe →
father	Albrecht Bethe →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → nuclear physics → particle physics → quantum electrodynamics → solid-state physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Hans →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	American Philosophical Society → American Physical Society → Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities → National Academy of Sciences → Pontifical Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
mother	Anna Kuhn →
movement	Manhattan Project →
notableIdea	Bethe–Bloch theory → Bethe–Feynman formula for nuclear explosions → energy production in stars via CNO cycle → energy production in stars via proton–proton chain → multiple scattering theory → shell model contributions in nuclear physics →
notableStudent	Abraham Pais → Edwin Salpeter → Freeman Dyson → Robert Marshak →
notableWork	Bethe ansatz → Bethe formula for stopping power → Bethe–Salpeter equation → Bethe–Weizsäcker cycle → theory of nuclear reactions in stars →
opposedTo	nuclear arms race →
participatedIn	Manhattan Project →
placeOfBirth	Strasbourg →
placeOfDeath	Ithaca, New York →
positionHeld	head of Theoretical Division at Los Alamos Laboratory → professor of physics at Cornell University →
religion	agnosticism →
residence	Ithaca, New York →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Rose Ewald Bethe →
workLocation	Ithaca, New York → Los Alamos, New Mexico →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bethe formula for stopping power → Bethe–Feynman formula for nuclear explosions → Bethe–Salpeter equation → Bethe–Weizsäcker cycle → Hans A. Bethe Prize →	namedAfter
Comstock Prize in Physics ("Hans A. Bethe") → Enrico Fermi Award → Franklin Medal →	notableRecipient
Seth Neddermeyer → Victor F. Weisskopf →	collaboratedWith
Los Alamos Laboratory → Manhattan Engineer District →	employed
Bethe ansatz → Bethe–Salpeter equation →	introducedBy
Arnold Sommerfeld → Enrico Fermi →	notableStudent
Rose Ewald Bethe →	associatedWith
Edwin E. Salpeter →	coAuthor
Robert Serber →	colleague
Bethe–Feynman formula for nuclear explosions →	developedBy
University of Tübingen →	hasNotableAlumnus
Rose Ewald Bethe →	hasNotableRelative
Max Planck Medal →	hasRecipient
Rose Ewald Bethe →	hasSpouseNobelLaureate
Edwin E. Salpeter →	influencedBy
Project Y →	involvedScientist
Manhattan Project →	keyScientist
President's Science Advisory Committee ("Hans A. Bethe") →	member
Bethe →	notableBearer
Rose Ewald Bethe →	partnerInScienceLegacy
Rose Ewald Bethe →	spouse
Bethe →	usedBy