Hans Bethe, prolific contributor to many fields of physics, key member of the Manhattan Project, winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physics, and advocate of nuclear arms control, died on 6 March 2005 in Ithaca, New York.
A few of his many contributions are highlighted at http://www.physicstoday.org. Physics Today will focus on Bethe’s work and life in more depth in a future issue.
