Cool physics from high above Cayuga's waters
By Tom Smith
Check this out. Hans Bethe explaining quantum physics to laypeople. Lectures from the
Cornell web site, via
Southern Appeal.
I was lucky enough to have dinner with Hans Bethe and his wife, along with a bunch of other students, at
Telluride House in the late '70's. The thing I remember best about him was his enormous head. For all the world, he looked like those aliens in the Star Trek pilot episode, you know, the ones who created the illusory world for Captain Pike (Kirk's predecessor -- don't you know anything?!). The photos of Bethe don't do his forehead justice. It's bigger in person.
posted by thomas at 4/30/2004 01:30:00 PM
