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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.
Awards & recognition
- Bruce Medal · 2001
- Oersted Medal · 1993
- Royal Society Bakerian Medal · 1993
- Albert Einstein Peace Prize · 1992
- Oskar Klein Medal · 1990
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- Lomonosov Gold Medal · 1989
- Leo Szilard Lectureship Award · 1981
- Niels Bohr International Gold Medal · 1976
- National Medal of Science · 1975
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1967
- Rumford Prize · 1963
- Eddington Medal · 1961
- Enrico Fermi Award · 1961
- Franklin Medal · 1959
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society · 1957
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States · 1957
- Max Planck Medal · 1955
- Henry Draper Medal · 1948
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- Pour le Mérite — Sciences and Arts order
- Royal Society Bakerian Medal
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1966 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1965 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1964 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1962 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1960 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1959 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1958 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1957 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1956 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1955 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1954 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1953 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1951 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1950 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1949 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1948 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1946 · nominated
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 1943 · nominated
