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Hans Bethe Biography and Timeline

Follow Hans Bethe through 3 dated historical records for United States of America.

Hans Bethe, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1942–1948Years on this page

1942

Manhattan Project

Warfare / Nuclear

Theorists Hans Bethe, John Van Vleck, Edward Teller, Felix Bloch, Emil Konopinski, Robert Serber, Stanley S. Frankel, and Eldred C. Nelson (the latter three all former students of Oppenheimer) quickly confirm that a fission bomb is feasible

1947

Lamb Shift Calculation

Physicist · Schenectady · Science / Physics

Calculates the radiative correction explaining the measured shift between hydrogen electron energy levels.

1948

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis

Physicist · George Washington University · Science / Astronomy

Bethe is included on the alpha beta gamma paper that publicises early universe nucleosynthesis

Records, sources and methodology

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