Hans Bethe

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    July 2, 1906

    Day of Death

    March 6, 2005 (98 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Straßburg, Alsace, Germany [now Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France]

    Hans Bethe

    Biography

    Hans Albrecht Bethe was a German-American theoretical physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics, and who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.

    Known For

    • The Day After Trinity

      The Day After Trinity

      1981

    • The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project

      The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project

      2000

    • Los Alamos: The Beginning

      Los Alamos: The Beginning

      1982

    • No Ordinary Genius

      No Ordinary Genius

      1993

    • The Exiles

      The Exiles

      1989

    • Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy

      Hans Bethe꞉ Prophet of Energy

      1980

    • The Astronomers

      The Astronomers

      1991