"Energy Production in Stars"

Lecture

By: Hans A. Bethe

Date: December 11, 1967

Source: Bethe, H.A. "Energy Production in Stars." Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1967. Available online at http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1967/bethe-lecture.ht... ; website home page: http://www.nobel.se (accessed June 3, 2003).

About the Author: Hans Albrect Bethe (1906–) was born in Strassburg, Germany (now France) and earned a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Frankfurt in 1928. In 1934, he immigrated to the United States, where he became a lecturer at Cornell University. He was promoted to professor in 1937 and continued his academic career there until 1975. During World War II, he helped develop radar and served in the program to build the atomic bomb. In 1967, he won the Nobel Prize in...

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