Hans Albrecht Bethe

1967 Nobel Prize for Physics “for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars.”

German-American physicist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of stellar nucleosynthesis. His passion for physics took him first to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—where he worked on microwave radar—and then to the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, which was engaged in assembling the first atomic bomb. Much of Mr. Bethe’s work focused on the theory of atomic nuclei. Over the course of his professional life, he worked and collaborated with other physicists on: deuteron theory, nuclear reactions, atomic physics, collision theory, and solid-state theory.

Mr. Bethe was an ardent supporter of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), which operates under the authority of the IAEA, UNESCO and the Italian federal government. (b.1906 – d.2005)