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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Hans A. Bethe

Title:

Emeritus John Wendell Anderson Professor of Physics

Affiliation:

Cornell University

Ithaca,New York  USA

Gender:

Male

Year Deceased:

2005

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

1975

Citation:

"For his explanation of the origin of the sun's heat, his many contributions to our understanding of the atomic nucleus and his counsel in matters involving atomic energy."

Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.

Nobel Laureate:

Physics, 1967

 

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