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Date: Wed Sep 14 2005 - 17:46:11 UTC
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Subject: Featuring Cornell: Bethe celebration
Cornell to honor famed son Hans Bethe
Sept. 14, 2005
By Lauren Gold
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The world will long remember Hans Bethe -- for his
This Sunday, Sept. 18, Cornell University will hold a celebration of
Bethe, who came to Cornell in 1935, was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Bethe's scientific work led to the creation of the field of quantum
"Hans Bethe participated actively in many different communities: the
Speakers at Sunday's celebration will include Corson, Cornell
In tribute, a special supplement: "Hans Bethe: A Celebration of His
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unparalleled contributions to physics, his advocacy for peace and his
generosity of spirit.
Bethe's life. The event, at 2 p.m. in Statler Hall Auditorium, will
include tributes from some of Bethe's closest colleagues and
proteges. The public is invited to attend, without charge.
physics in 1967 for explaining the process that powers the stars. He
was a key figure in the Manhattan Project, and in the years that
followed he was a dedicated advocate of peace and nuclear
nonproliferation.
electrodynamics. His activism contributed to the 1963 Limited Test
Ban Treaty.
world of physics, the university faculty, disarmament and national
defense policy, science advice to the [U.S.] president," said Dale
R. Corson, Cornell University president emeritus and former physics
department chair. "In every one of these communities his intellectual
impact was enormous. In addition, he was the moralist and the
ethicist. He was the community's conscience."
President Hunter R. Rawlings, Cornell astrophysicists Edwin Salpeter
and Saul Teukolsky, and Institute for Advanced Study physicist
Freeman Dyson. A two-DVD set, "Remembering Hans Bethe," will be
available without charge after the celebration.
Life and Times," will be included in the Thursday, Sept. 15, issue of
the Cornell Chronicle.
Phone: (607) 254-8093
E-mail: bpf2_at_cornell.edu<mailto:bpf2_at_cornell.edu>
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