Hans Bethe Lectures
March 7, 2005 2:59 PM Subscribe
Quantum physics made relatively simple. Personal and historical perspectives of Hans Bethe, who has died at 98.
Does anyone have the text of the lectures, or any related work by Bethe? It looks fascinating, but I can't watch a video right now...
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:07 PM on March 7, 2005
posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:07 PM on March 7, 2005
I met Hans Bethe as a freshman at Cornell. He signed my copy of "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" and "What do you care...". Which was fairly irrelevant; it was just a total fanboy moment. The nicest guy in academia I've met to day; he had endless time for freshmen undergraduates.
I was just rereading the two Feynman books and caught his signature last week. I thought of him and wished him well. Looks like I was just in time.
posted by Eideteker at 6:08 PM on March 7, 2005
I was just rereading the two Feynman books and caught his signature last week. I thought of him and wished him well. Looks like I was just in time.
posted by Eideteker at 6:08 PM on March 7, 2005
Does anyone know of a similarly good site for Feynman?
posted by xammerboy at 6:12 PM on March 7, 2005
posted by xammerboy at 6:12 PM on March 7, 2005
As Feynman said, "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
posted by smackfu at 7:59 PM on March 7, 2005
posted by smackfu at 7:59 PM on March 7, 2005
Damn. Francis Crick, Ernst Mayr, now Bethe.
I feel old.
posted by orthogonality at 8:29 PM on March 7, 2005
I feel old.
posted by orthogonality at 8:29 PM on March 7, 2005
I think he'd appreciate QuantumFites (excuse the cacophony) sharing other Quantum For Dummies with IgnoramusFites like me.
posted by elpapacito at 4:04 AM on March 8, 2005
posted by elpapacito at 4:04 AM on March 8, 2005
Quantum physics made relatively simple.
Heh.
In all seriousness, RIP.
If anyone is looking for a great read on this subject matter, check out Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. Very accessible, very fun.
posted by lazaruslong at 8:15 AM on March 8, 2005
Heh.
In all seriousness, RIP.
If anyone is looking for a great read on this subject matter, check out Brian Greene's The Elegant Universe. Very accessible, very fun.
posted by lazaruslong at 8:15 AM on March 8, 2005
Asimov's books on physics are great for general reads on the history of physics. http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/asimov_catalogue.html
posted by edmo at 10:24 AM on March 8, 2005
posted by edmo at 10:24 AM on March 8, 2005
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I still get a chuckle that one of the most pivotal papers in Big Bang theory has as its authors: Alpher, Bethe and Gamow (pronounced Alpha, Beta, Gamma) It was a joke that Gamow engineered.
posted by vacapinta at 3:43 PM on March 7, 2005