Schaaf Michael
Acta Hist Leopoldina. 2014(63):145-56.
For his work on nuclear physics Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in physics. Bethe had worked on the energy production in stars at about the same time as Weizsäcker but independently from him. The Nobel Committee valued the structural depth of BETHE'S work more than Weizsäcker's temporal priority because Bethe had described the nuclear reactions quantitatively and had shown a much deeper understanding of the nuclear processes in the centre of stars whereas Weizsäcker had worked more qualitatively. There are no reasons to believe that political resentments towards Weizsäcker played any significant role in awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 only to Bethe. The lives and works of Weizsäcker and Bethe show some remarkable parallels, ranging from calculating the binding energy in nuclei to the energy production in sun-like and massive stars to peace- and disarmament initiatives.
卡尔·弗里德里希·冯·魏茨泽克因其在核物理学方面的工作两次获得诺贝尔物理学奖提名。贝蒂大约在与魏茨泽克相同的时间研究恒星的能量产生，但与他独立开展工作。诺贝尔委员会更看重贝蒂工作的结构深度，而非魏茨泽克的时间优先权，因为贝蒂对核反应进行了定量描述，并对恒星中心的核过程表现出了更深刻的理解，而魏茨泽克的工作更多是定性的。没有理由认为对魏茨泽克的政治怨恨在1967年诺贝尔物理学奖仅授予贝蒂这件事上起到了任何重要作用。魏茨泽克和贝蒂的生活与工作展现出了一些显著的相似之处，从计算原子核中的结合能到类日恒星和大质量恒星中的能量产生，再到和平与裁军倡议。
