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About Hans Bethe:

Hans Albrecht Bethe was a German and American nuclear physicist who, in addition to making important contributions to astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics and solid-state physics, won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
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We need science education to produce scientists, but we need it equally to create literacy in the public. Man has a fundamental urge to comprehend the world about him, and science gives today the only world picture which we can consider as valid. It ...

Hans Bethe

Author Bio

  • NameHans Bethe
  • DescriptionGerman-American nuclear physicist
  • AliasesHans Albrecht Bethe
  • BornJuly 2, 1906
  • DiedMarch 6, 2005
  • CountryGermany; United States Of America
  • ProfessionAstronomer; Physicist
  • AwardsOrder Of Merit For Arts And Science; Niels Bohr International Gold Medal; Nobel Prize In Physics; Max Planck Medal