Hans Bethe: How I met Feynman at Los Alamos
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Published 2010-05-13
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It's fascinating listening to these true geniuses talk about each other. Feynman, Bethe, Dyson etc... One can only imagine the conversations they had
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The Bethe-Feynman efficiency equation he refers to at 0:27 is: Eff=(1/γ-1)E2)*α_max^2*R_crit^2(𝛿*(1+3*𝛿/2)/(1-𝛿) Where γ is the thermodynamic exponent of a photon gas, E2 is the prompt energy density of the fuel, α is V_n (neutron velocity) / λ_mfp_tot (Total reaction mean free path), R_crit is the critical radius and 𝛿 is the excess supercritical radius ((R_core-R_crit)/R_Cr
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Bethe is a true legend, just like Feynman. Not as much of a charismatic character, but arguably made just as many if not more important contributions. He seems like a cool dude as well
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It is a joy to listen to the anecdotes of experiences shared by these great scientists. If I live to be 100, I will be proud to say that I once shared the earth with them - Bethe, Feynman, and Freeman Dyson - even though I myself am not a scientist, nor did I ever meet one of the people that I listed.
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I met Dr. Bethe in the men's room 2nd floor UCI physics department. I'm taking a pee and look over and say, "YOUR HANS BETHE!!!!!!!". I invite him over for an awesome party that night with the undergrads in the department, but he declines with 'I have to be in Santa Barbara tonight'. I go over the student office and yell 'I just met Hans Bethe and invited him to our party'. He probably went to the other professors and went 'I just got invited to an awesome party'.
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I have began to think that Hans, with his ability to listen,recognise the talent, and make sure that talent was not snubbed by the scientists/politicians with the actual power (Oppy), has been more central to the success of Manhattan's project than is let believe.
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Bethe: A man who could just sit down and calculate almost everything, no errors just straight up pounding the numbers for hours. To take a notion from Dune: he was the closest thing to a mentat we ever had.
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Wonderful! We need more history like this.
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Such a shame bethe doesn't get more recognition. The stories of his mental math are astounding
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You can watch many hours of Hans Bethe at the Web of Stories video archive - see uploading information above...
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Very interesting. I wish there was more on Dr. Bethe.
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Hans you're One of the world's greatest!
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Feynman was a tinkerer and not just a pencil pusher. he worked on repairing vacuum tube radios when he was younger so building a computer with instructions wasnt really outside his skill set.
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Thank you for posting this. I always thought Bethe was an important moral scientist.
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The man the myths the legend. The battleship talking about the mosquito.
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lucky Hans.
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Hans Bethe es en eine Physcisboken gewaren
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@knight3481 please just calm down
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Einstein Oppenheimer
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This is nothings. After two solid weeks of hard work, 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, i managed to get my laptop to work completely by myself and its an IBM too. On weeks one i flipped it open. Week two i pressed the on button. Hardest two weeks of my life
