A giant has passed away. One of the fathers of atomic physics.
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
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
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
Does anyone know of a similarly good site for Feynman? 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
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
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
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