Hans Bethe and his physics / edited by Gerald E. Brown, Chang-Hwan Lee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, G. E. (Gerald Edward), 1926-

Lee, Chang-Hwan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum electrodynamics.

Astrophysics.

Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005.

Bethe, Hans A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Hackensack] New Jersey : World Scientific, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Hans Bethe, at the age of 97, asked his long-term collaborator, Gerry Brown, to explain his scientific work to the world, the latter knew that this was a steep task. As the late John Bahcall famously remarked: "If you know his (Bethe's) work, you might be inclined to think he is really several people, all of whom are engaged in a conspiracy to sign their work with the same name". Almost eight decades of original research, hundreds of scientific papers, numerous books, countless reports spanning the key areas of 20th century physics are the impressive record of Hans Bethe's academic work.

Contents:

Contents ; Preface ; List of Contributing Authors ; Hans Bethe and His Physics ; 1. German Beginnings ; 2. America the First Years ; 3. After the War ; References ; My Life in Astrophysics ; 1. Introduction to Astrophysics ; 2. The Washington Conference ; 3. The Carbon Cycle

4. Subsequent Developments 5. The Nobel Prize ; 6. Returning to Astrophysics ; 7. Conclusion ; Three Weeks with Hans Bethe ; First Week ; Second Week ; Third Week ; Hans Bethe at The New Yorker ; My Sixty Years with Hans Bethe ; References ; Hans Bethe ; A Fuller Picture

""The Happy Thirties"" From Sommerfeld to Fermi ; 1933 and Its Aftermath ; Cornell University ; The 1930's in Retrospect ; Epilogue ; Hans Bethe to Arnold Sommerfeld ; References ; Stellar Energy Generation and Solar Neutrinos ; How the Sun Shines ; After the War

The Missing Solar Neutrinos References ; Hans Bethe and Quantum Electrodynamics ; Mastering QED ; References ; Hans Bethe and the Theory of Nuclear Matter ; Foundations ; Hole-line Expansion ; Nuclei and Neutron Stars ; Legacy ; Out of the Ordinary ; References

Hans Bethe and Astrophysical Theory Not Enough Entropy ; Stellar Explosions ; About the Future ; A Large Piece of Life ; References ; Bethe's Hypothesis ; Early History ; Later Developments ; References ; Hans Bethe's Contributions to Solid-State Physics ; References

Hans Bethe and the Nuclear Many-Body Problem

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

List of publications of Hans A. Bethe (p. 283-314).

ISBN:

9786611378868

9781281378866

1281378860

9789812774507

9812774505

OCLC:

820942745