Physics under the dark Sun: the remarkable life of Mulugeta Bekele

Robert P. Crease

doi:10.1088/2058-7058/39/04/14

Physics under the dark Sun: the remarkable life of Mulugeta Bekele

Robert P. Crease

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Mulugeta Bekele is almost single-handedly responsible for having kept Ethiopian physics going in the 1970s and 1980s despite being imprisoned and tortured by the Ethiopian military. Robert P Crease meets an unsung hero of science.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-28
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics World
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/39/04/14
State	Published - Apr 2026

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