Meaning & use
Bethe
Surname of Hans Bethe, a German-American physicist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining how stars generate energy through nuclear fusion.
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Bethe's work on stellar nucleosynthesis explained why stars can shine for billions of years.
Physics students still study the Bethe-Weizsäcker formula named for his contributions to nuclear theory.
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Hans Bethe also contributed to the Manhattan Project and later became an advocate for nuclear arms control.
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