Hans Bethe

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.

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• Born2 July 1906 (age 119)
• Place of BirthStraßburg, Alsace, Germany [now Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France]